On 05/03/2024 04:10, Paul Eggert wrote:
On 3/4/24 16:43, Dominique Martinet wrote:
Adding Rob to the loop because this impacts compatibility with
toybox/maybe busybox implementations
Busybox does not use RENAME_EXCHANGE, so this isn't a Busybox issue.
Toybox mv added -x to its development
When I knew RENAME_EXCHANGE, I thought we should extend mv command as
you did: adding --swap. However, after researching the past
challenges, I decided not to propose the feature to coreutils.
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/rejected_requests.html
On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 02:16:05PM +, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I think having the functionality in mv(1) is better than in rename(1),
> but since exch(1) is already released that's probably
> the best place for this functionality now.
>
> A separate exch command may be overkill for just this,
