#!/bin/bash -eu # Make a directory with content case-insensitive using chattr +F NEWFLAGS="+F" usage() { echo "Usage: $1 [-c] " echo echo " Make an existing directory case-folding (chattr +F)" echo echo "Options:" echo " -c Clear the case-folding flag instead of setting it" exit $2 } while getopts hc opt; do case "$opt" in h) usage "$0" 0;; c) NEWFLAGS="-F";; ?) usage "$0" 255;; esac done shift $((OPTIND - 1)) if [ ! -d "$1" ]; then echo -e "\e[31m'$1' is not a directory\e[0m" exit 1 fi # Make sure it doesn't end in / d="${1%/}" set -x # Create new directory with appropriate attributes mkdir "$d.$$" chattr $NEWFLAGS "$d.$$" # Need to re-create the whole subtree, so the flag propagates # Try to save space by making a recursive hardlink copy cp -Tldr "$d" "$d.$$" # Just to be on the safe side, fail if there are any files with a single reference left find "$d" -type f,l -links +1 -delete find "$d" -type d -empty -delete [ ! -d "$d" ] # Rename to old name mv "$d.$$" "$d"