From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24441: 24.5; rename directory in dired to change case Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 06:43:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3c49fbe5-9ae0-4ae2-8fa0-3c44fa85c981@default> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1473947067 31609 195.159.176.226 (15 Sep 2016 13:44:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:44:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24441@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab , Brady Trainor Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 15 15:44:21 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkWxf-0007IX-Ee for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:44:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34886 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkWxd-0003Cv-Kh for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:44:17 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37032) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkWxT-0003CQ-UV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:44:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkWxO-0006el-GJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:44:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:34178) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bkWxO-0006ea-Cc for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:44:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkWxO-0003YY-7q for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:44:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:44:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 24441 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 24441-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B24441.147394702713642 (code B ref 24441); Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:44:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24441) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Sep 2016 13:43:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60123 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkWx3-0003Xs-Q0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:43:46 -0400 Original-Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:22878) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bkWwx-0003Xa-2o for 24441@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 09:43:40 -0400 Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by aserp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.2) with ESMTP id u8FDhQpc026866 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:43:26 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u8FDhPxd002824 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:43:25 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0014.oracle.com (abhmp0014.oracle.com [141.146.116.20]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id u8FDhMQ9000653; Thu, 15 Sep 2016 13:43:24 GMT In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9 (901082) [OL 12.0.6753.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:123330 Archived-At: > > 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)'. >=20 > That's because your filesystem is case-insensitve, thus /tmp/A already > exists. FWIW, MS Windows is case-insensitive, but it nevertheless shows files and directories using both uppercase and lowercase letters. And it lets you rename "aa" to "AA", "Aa", etc. The fact that the file already exists does not prevent you from renaming it to use different letter case. And for MS Windows, at least, Emacs supports this as well, including using Dired.