Re: VFAT rename

Alexander Viro (viro@math.psu.edu)
Sun, 16 May 1999 07:29:30 -0400 (EDT)


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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