GNU bug report logs - #24441
24.5; rename directory in dired to change case

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Reported by: Brady Trainor <brady <at> bradyt.com>

Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 04:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 22300

Found in versions 24.5, 25.1.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Ken Brown <kbrown <at> cornell.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Brady Trainor <brady <at> bradyt.com>
Cc: 24441 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24441: 24.5; rename directory in dired to change case
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 11:28:25 +0200

On Sep 15 2016, Brady Trainor <brady <at> bradyt.com> wrote:

> If I have a directory `a', and try to rename it `A' in dired, it errors.
>
> `(file-error Renaming Invalid argument /tmp/a /tmp/A/a)'. 

That's because your filesystem is case-insensitve, thus /tmp/A already
exists.

Andreas.

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