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

[John Cowan]

Eric Blake scripsit:

> You missed my earlier remark - since POSIX requires case sensitivity,
> a case-insensitive file system is not specified by POSIX, therefore,
> a platform may do whatever it likes with rename(2), including change
> the case (rather than be a no-op).

Well and good.  In fact, however, both Cygwin and the Linux VFAT driver
do treat rename("Foo", "foo") as a no-op.

> And now that we have proven that current Linux behaves differently
> than current cygwin,

We have?

> which behavior should mv(1) promote?  I would argue that being able
> to change case is more useful, particularly based on the volume of
> complaints of people on case-insenstive systems who don't like the
> current solution of using an intermediate name.

+1

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