[ python-Bugs-1738441 ] shutil.move doesn't work when only case changes

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Bugs item #1738441, was opened at 2007-06-16 18:25
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Gabriel Gambetta (ggambett)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: shutil.move doesn't work when only case changes

Initial Comment:
shutil.move() appears to fail silently when the source and destination filenames only differ in case (ie "SomeFile" and "Somefile"). This is with python 2.4.3-18.fc6, on a case-sensitive filesystem (ext3), so this rename *is* meaningful.

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>Comment By: Georg Brandl (gbrandl)
Date: 2007-06-19 12:40

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This is quite strange.

Gabriel, could you try to use another Python version provided by Fedora,
or
even a self-compiled one?

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Comment By: O.R.Senthil Kumaran (orsenthil)
Date: 2007-06-17 05:08

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I guess, this should be very much python 2.4.3-18.fc6 specific. While I
have python 2.3.4, python 2.5, python 2.6a0. I am unable to reproduce this
defect. Having said that, help(shutil.move) mentions about the various
issues of moving the implementation glosses over.
Please provide some more details or anyone with python 2.4.3-18 should be
able to verify it.

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