[Samba] Re: Cannot change case of existing file names

[Gerald (Jerry) Carter]

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Jordan Russell wrote:
> Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
>> If it did ever work, it was a fluke.  Renaming
>> files to different case on a caseless filesystem
>> (or filesystem protocol) doesn't make much sense.
> 
> Erm, why would it be a "fluke"? You can do this on 
> local filesystems (as far back as Windows 95, at least), and
> you can do this on shares exposed by Windows servers.
> Only when talking to a (recent) Samba server does it
> fail to rename the file.

File a bug please.  Although in ge grand scheme of things
this would be low priority to me.  Maybe Jeremy feels differently.
He lives in the file serving code more than I do.




cheer,s jerry
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