-> I believe a suitable workaround would be to ignore case for file names
-> when the rsync process is undertaken. Is this facility available or
-> planned in the near future?
-
-I've attached a context diff for some changes I made to our local copy
-a while back to add an "--ignore-case" option just for this purpose.
-In our case it came up in the context of disting between NTFS and FAT
-remote systems. I think we ended up not needing it, but it does make
-rsync match filenames in a case insensitive manner, so it might at
-least be worth trying to see if it resolves your issue.
-
-A few caveats - both ends have to support the option - I couldn't make
-it backwards compatible because both ends exchange information about a
-sorted file list that has to sort the same way on either side (which
-very subtly bit me when I first did this). I also didn't bump the
-protocol in this patch (wasn't quite sure it was appropriate just for an
-incompatible command line option) since since it was for local use.
-
-The patch is based on a 2.4.x series rsync, but if it doesn't apply
-cleanly to 2.5.x, it's should be simple enough to just apply manually.
-
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-
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-
-Index: options.c
-===================================================================
-RCS file: e:/binaries/cvs/ni/bin/rsync/options.c,v
-retrieving revision 1.5
-retrieving revision 1.7
-diff -c -r1.5 -r1.7
-*** options.c 2000/12/28 00:30:18 1.5
---- options.c 2001/06/20 19:25:24 1.7
-***************
-*** 72,77 ****
---- 72,78 ----
- #else
- int modify_window=0;
- #endif /* _WIN32 */
-+ int ignore_case=0;
- int modify_window_set=0;
- int delete_sent=0;
-
-***************
-*** 162,167 ****
---- 164,170 ----
- rprintf(F," --exclude-from=FILE exclude patterns listed in
-FILE\n");
- rprintf(F," --include=PATTERN don't exclude files matching
-PATTERN\n");
- rprintf(F," --include-from=FILE don't exclude patterns listed in
-FILE\n");
-+ rprintf(F," --ignore-case ignore case when comparing
-filenames\n");
- rprintf(F," --version print version number\n");
- rprintf(F," --daemon run as a rsync daemon\n");
- rprintf(F," --address bind to the specified
-address\n");
-***************
-*** 186,194 ****
- OPT_PROGRESS, OPT_COPY_UNSAFE_LINKS, OPT_SAFE_LINKS,
-OPT_COMPARE_DEST,
- OPT_LOG_FORMAT, OPT_PASSWORD_FILE, OPT_SIZE_ONLY, OPT_ADDRESS,
- OPT_DELETE_AFTER, OPT_EXISTING, OPT_MAX_DELETE, OPT_BACKUP_DIR,
-! OPT_IGNORE_ERRORS, OPT_MODIFY_WINDOW, OPT_DELETE_SENT};
-
-! static char *short_options = "oblLWHpguDCtcahvqrRIxnSe:B:T:zP";
-
- static struct option long_options[] = {
- {"version", 0, 0, OPT_VERSION},
---- 189,198 ----
- OPT_PROGRESS, OPT_COPY_UNSAFE_LINKS, OPT_SAFE_LINKS,
-OPT_COMPARE_DEST,
- OPT_LOG_FORMAT, OPT_PASSWORD_FILE, OPT_SIZE_ONLY, OPT_ADDRESS,
- OPT_DELETE_AFTER, OPT_EXISTING, OPT_MAX_DELETE, OPT_BACKUP_DIR,
-! OPT_IGNORE_ERRORS, OPT_MODIFY_WINDOW, OPT_DELETE_SENT,
-! OPT_IGNORE_CASE};
-
-! static char *short_options = "oblLWHpguDCtcahvqrRIxnSe:B:T:zP";
-
- static struct option long_options[] = {
- {"version", 0, 0, OPT_VERSION},
-***************
-*** 204,209 ****
---- 208,214 ----
- {"exclude-from",1, 0, OPT_EXCLUDE_FROM},
- {"include", 1, 0, OPT_INCLUDE},
- {"include-from",1, 0, OPT_INCLUDE_FROM},
-+ {"ignore-case", 0, 0, OPT_IGNORE_CASE},
- {"rsync-path", 1, 0, OPT_RSYNC_PATH},
- {"password-file", 1, 0, OPT_PASSWORD_FILE},
- {"one-file-system",0, 0, 'x'},
-***************
-*** 401,406 ****
---- 406,415 ----
- add_exclude_file(optarg,1, 1);
- break;
-
-+ case OPT_IGNORE_CASE:
-+ ignore_case=1;
-+ break;
-+
- case OPT_COPY_UNSAFE_LINKS:
- copy_unsafe_links=1;
- break;
-***************
-*** 712,717 ****
---- 727,736 ----
- slprintf(mwindow,sizeof(mwindow),"--modify-window=%d",
- modify_window);
- args[ac++] = mwindow;
-+ }
-+
-+ if (ignore_case) {
-+ args[ac++] = "--ignore-case";
- }
-
- if (keep_partial)
-Index: exclude.c
-===================================================================
-RCS file: e:/binaries/cvs/ni/bin/rsync/exclude.c,v
-retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
-retrieving revision 1.2
-diff -c -r1.1.1.1 -r1.2
-*** exclude.c 2000/05/30 18:08:19 1.1.1.1
---- exclude.c 2001/06/14 04:30:17 1.2
-***************
-*** 31,36 ****
---- 31,37 ----
- static struct exclude_struct *make_exclude(char *pattern, int include)
- {
- struct exclude_struct *ret;
-+ extern int ignore_case;
-
- ret = (struct exclude_struct *)malloc(sizeof(*ret));
- if (!ret) out_of_memory("make_exclude");
-***************
-*** 72,77 ****
---- 73,82 ----
-
- if (!strchr(ret->pattern,'/')) {
- ret->local = 1;
-+ }
-+
-+ if (ignore_case) {
-+ ret->fnmatch_flags |= FNM_CASEFOLD;
- }
-
- return ret;
-Index: util.c
-===================================================================
-RCS file: e:/binaries/cvs/ni/bin/rsync/util.c,v
-retrieving revision 1.2
-retrieving revision 1.3
-diff -c -r1.2 -r1.3
-*** util.c 2000/07/07 03:23:40 1.2
---- util.c 2001/06/14 04:30:17 1.3
-***************
-*** 838,849 ****
- {
- const uchar *s1 = (const uchar *)cs1;
- const uchar *s2 = (const uchar *)cs2;
-
-! while (*s1 && *s2 && (*s1 == *s2)) {
-! s1++; s2++;
- }
--
-- return (int)*s1 - (int)*s2;
- }
-
- static OFF_T last_ofs;
---- 836,856 ----
- {
- const uchar *s1 = (const uchar *)cs1;
- const uchar *s2 = (const uchar *)cs2;
-+ extern int ignore_case;
-+
-+ if (ignore_case) {
-+ while (*s1 && *s2 && (toupper(*s1) == toupper(*s2))) {
-+ s1++; s2++;
-+ }
-+
-+ return (int)toupper(*s1) - (int)toupper(*s2);
-+ } else {
-+ while (*s1 && *s2 && (*s1 == *s2)) {
-+ s1++; s2++;
-+ }
-
-! return (int)*s1 - (int)*s2;
- }
- }
-
- static OFF_T last_ofs;
-
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