How can I rename files in LMFS just to change the alphabetic case?

[Barry Margolin <barmar@think.com>]

    Date: Tue, 1 Dec 87 14:27 EST
    From: Jeffrey Mark Siskind <Qobi@zermatt.lcs.mit.edu>

    In fact, I can't think of any use for the original RENAME-FILE protocol
    which allows an already interned pathname as the new-file argument.
    What RENAME-FILE should do instead is parse (and merge) its second
    argument in case sensitive mode, irrespective of the case sensitivity
    of the host, and then later structure forward the old pathnames to the
    new ones.

Rename File >qobi>foo.bar >barmar>foo.bar

For this to work the second parameter must be parsed in case-insensitive
mode in case >barmar> is actually interned as >BARMAR>.  Perhaps the
case-sensitivity should only refer to the name and type, but not
directory.

Here's a different case (excuse the pun):

Create files named Old-File.Text and FooBar.Baz.  Then "Rename File
Old-File.Text foobar.baz.newest", which is used to turn an existing file
into a new version of another existing file.  In this case I don't want
to lose the capitalization just because I created the new version using
rename instead of copy.

The only time it is obvious that you really want a case-sensitive rename
is when the old and new filenames are identical except for case.

                                                barmar