# File Name Case Problem

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-case-problem/14666
**Category:** General Discussion
**Created:** [April 23, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-case-problem/14666 "2013-04-23T07:07:53Z")
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### Author: ![ronm99](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/ce7236/32.png) [@ronm99](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/ronm99)
#### Post date: [April 23, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/file-name-case-problem/14666/1 "2013-04-23T07:07:53Z")

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I run mp3tag on Linux using Wine, it works almost perfectly.

The only problem I see, is sometimes when I rename a file, I get an error, something like this:  
File "foobar.mp3" cannot be renamed to "FooBar.mp3"  
File already exists.

I'm pretty sure its because Linux filenames are case sensitive & Windows isn't.

I get around this by writing to temp file first, eg:  
foobar.mp3 --\> XXfoobar.mp3 --\> FooBar.mp3. This is done with 2 format strings.

Is there a way to force mp3tag to do this automatically?

Any chance to add an option to do writes in two parts using temporary file? Maybe only on 'Files already exists' error?

Again, I realize this isn't an mp3tag bug, but any help would be appreciated.

thanks,.

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