On 2016年09月20日 18:33, Ken Brown wrote: > I've set up my Cygwin installation to be case sensitive, following the instructions at > https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-specialnames.html#pathnames-casesensitive > But it doesn't seem to be working as I expect. For example: > $ mkdir a > $ mkdir A > $ ls -al [aA] > a: > total 100 > drwxr-xr-x+ 1 kbrown None 0 2016年09月20日 20:18 ./ > drwxrwxrwt+ 1 kbrown-admin None 0 2016年09月20日 20:19 ../ > A: > total 100 > drwxr-xr-x+ 1 kbrown None 0 2016年09月20日 20:19 ./ > drwxrwxrwt+ 1 kbrown-admin None 0 2016年09月20日 20:19 ../ > $ mv a A > mv: cannot move 'a' to a subdirectory of itself, 'A/a' > Why does mv think that A and a are the same directory? > Here's another example, where mv should simply do a rename, but it doesn't: > $ rmdir A > $ mv a A > $ ls -al a > total 100 > drwxr-xr-x+ 1 kbrown None 0 2016年09月20日 20:18 ./ > drwxrwxrwt+ 1 kbrown-admin None 0 2016年09月20日 20:30 ../ > $ ls -al A > ls: cannot access 'A': No such file or directory > cygcheck output is attached. Windows Win32 and WoW are case insensitive but case preserving where the underlying filesystem supports case sensitivity; POSIX subsystem is case sensitive: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/100625 (N.B. NT 3.1!) Nitty gritties: http://www.nicklowe.org/2012/02/understanding-case-sensitivity-in-windows-obcaseinsensitive-file_case_sensitive_search/ -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple