Eric Blake wrote:
[snip] Mac HFS is the other biggest case-preserving
case-insensitive system out there; can anyone comment on
whether rename(2) is a no-op or changes case when given two
case-wise distinct spellings of the same file?
Adding to what Jonathan already posted...
$ df -T .
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/disk0s3 hfs 80287128 12435372 67595756 16% /
$ touch foo
$ mv foo Foo
mv: `foo' and `Foo' are the same file
$ mv --version
mv (GNU coreutils) 6.9
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software. You may redistribute copies of it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License
<http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering.
$ /bin/mv foo Foo # /bin/mv is not coreutils
$ ls ?oo
Foo
$ perl -e 'rename("Foo","foo")'
$ ls ?oo
foo
$ uname -srp
Darwin 8.8.0 powerpc
$
--
Matthew
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