Bug report: rsync does not always discriminate upper and lower case

jw schultz jw at pegasys.ws
Sun Dec 28 21:15:55 EST 2003


On Sun, Dec 28, 2003 at 10:45:52AM +0100, alain content wrote:
> Right, 
> Renaming does not touch the file - it only changes the directory
> modification date.
> 
> And you are absolutely right. Panther preserves case but is insensitive to
> case in file names :
> ls
> >...
> >-rw-r--r--  1 ac  ac     0 27 Dec 11:59 a file named ABC
> filetest -e "a file named ABC"
> > 1
> filetest -e "a file named abc"
> > 1
> 
> Bad, bad Apple.

Look for the thread on this list with the subject
"workaround for HFS+'s case-insensitivity"
One of the messages discusses options for making hpfs case
sensitive.

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