Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 4 Jul 1999 09:39:36 +1000 | From | Richard Gooch <> | Subject | Re: mv (and not reiserfs) |
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Andries Brouwer writes: > Richard Gooch writes: > > > mv(1) should not require a directory-based adbod to be automagically > > tarred and untarred. > > > Now, I realise that some people may say that mv(1) won't move > > directories across filesystems. True. We should fix mv(1) to > > effectively do <cp -a; rm -rf> (with error checking). > > > Don't be confused by thinking mv(1) is an interface to rename(2), > > because it isn't. mv(1) can move files across filesystems, and file > > and directories within a filesystem. So mv(1) is lacking in symmetry. > > Let's fix that. > > There is no such asymmetry, at least not in theory.
In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice, they are not.
> POSIX.2 states that mv will move directories as well as files, > also across filesystems.
Good.
Regards,
Richard....
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