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Re: New rename(2) function


Quoting Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>:

On Aug 10 09:01, Earnie Boyd wrote:
Quoting Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin@cygwin.com>:

>
>Btw., this looks weird in mv:
>
> $ mv -T Bar bar
> mv: cannot remove `Bar': Operation not permitted
>
>Huh?  Nobody asked for removing Bar, afaics...
>

Other than the fact that in windows FiLeSyStEmS Bar == [Bb][Aa][Rr].

And mentioning this well-known fact helps, because...?


I'm asking why mv doesn't say "`Bar' and `bar' are the same file",

Sorry, I caught that fact after reading the rest of the thread.


Earnie


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