Re: vfat lost file problem

From: OGAWA Hirofumi
Date: Sun Aug 17 2003 - 13:38:09 EST


Raistlin <raistlin83@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Kernel Version:
> Linux debian 2.4.21 #6 SMP Wed Aug 6 11:55:01 CEST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
> mv command Version:
> mv (coreutils) 5.0.90
>
>
> I've discovered that if you try to change the name of a file in a vfat
> partition only changing upper or lower case the file immediatly
> disappears.

Looks like 5.0.90 does it. If src and dst are same inode, just unlink
src. Probably it assume hard link.

Could you please report this to coreutils maintainer?
--
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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