Re: mv can't change filename case on case-insensitive file systems

[Paul Eggert]

Eric Blake <address@hidden> writes:

> Lacking an efficient standardized API, checks for case-insensitivity are only 
> needed when stricmp() succeeds when strcmp() fails (actually, I'm not sure 
> whether choice of locale can affect case-insensitive equality of filenames?). 
>  

I would figure that out before proceeding.  My guess is that at least
in some cases (NFS, say) the kernel or file system's opinion of case
differs from the application's, which means you'll have a real mess on
your hands.