Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 16 May 1999 07:29:30 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: VFAT rename |
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On Fri, 14 May 1999, A. Wik wrote:
> It's impossible to rename a file on a VFAT filesystem if > the only difference between the old and new names is case > (eg. longfilename and LongFilename). The operation is > cancelled in fs/namei.c because the lookups return the > same dentry for both names. What would be the most > reasonable way to fix this?
Get a time machine and go into '89. Then bring a clue to POSIX authors. In other words: it's POSIX-mandated behaviour. Bogus, but required. It's a feature. That is, an idiotic bug in standard. Nothing to do here.
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