[issue10684] Folders get deleted when trying to change case with shutil.move (Windows)

[nooB]

nooB <nsharish.mit at gmail.com> added the comment:

Sorry, for the wrong info. The issues exists only for folder renaming in windows.
try this,

>> import os, shutil
>> os.mkdir('test')
>> shutil.move('test', 'TEST')

poof. The folder is gone.
Shouldn't the path case be checked for file operations?

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title: Shutil.move deletes file/folder in windows while renaming -> Folders get deleted when trying to change case with shutil.move (Windows)
versions: +Python 2.5, Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.3

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