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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.
Surely, it can be fixed - how about a mount-option to enable to
enable the fix?
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