Ross Lynch wrote:
>> Hey all,
>> Here's the scenario, I wanted to quickly change the name of a file which
> was in upper case to lower case. So, first of all I tried 'mv FILE.HTML
> file.html' - alas, bash told me these were the same file. So, I then
> tried 'mv FILE.HTML file.html1' and 'mv file.html1 file.html' followed
> by 'rm FILE.HTML'. All had then disappeared! Why is bash acting as if it
> wasn't case sensitive? These files are on a Windows partition should
> that matter, but I don't think I've experienced wierdness like this
> before. Any know why it's happening?
Uhh... that is *not* normal behaviour. The only thing I can think of is
that you're running a strange version of the standard utils, because
neither 'rm' nor 'mv' have a documented switch to make them case
insensitive. I've moved files around on Win32 partitions before, and
you can certainly use different cases and have them honoured.
What system, version, and filesystem is this running on, by the way?
Vin
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