> I have tried this: > > export POSIXLY_CORRECT=1 > mkdir mv_test > cd mv_test > mkdir a c > ln -s a b > mv -v b/ c > alias mv > which mv > > I expected, as is written, that the directory a will be moved into > directory c (the symbolic link b to directory a will be dereferenced), > but the link b has been moved. There is no alias for mv, mv resides in > /bin.
I'm experiencing a different result: crikey% ls -lR tmp/test_18 tmp/test_18: total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 layer fi 4096 Nov 21 11:29 bar/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 layer fi 3 Nov 21 11:29 foo -> bar/ tmp/test_18/bar: total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 layer fi 51 Nov 21 11:29 foo_18 crikey% mv tmp/test_18/foo/ tmp/test_18/baz crikey% ls -lR tmp/test_18 tmp/test_18: total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 layer fi 4096 Nov 21 11:29 bar/ drwxr-xr-x 2 layer fi 4096 Nov 21 11:29 baz/ tmp/test_18/bar: total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 layer fi 51 Nov 21 11:29 foo_18 tmp/test_18/baz: total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 layer fi 51 Nov 21 11:29 foo_18 `bar' was copied to `baz', and the link was not moved, as Hans Ginzel noticed. For me, setting or not setting POSIXLY_CORRECT doesn't matter. crikey% mv --version mv (fileutils) 4.1 Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering. Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. crikey% uname -a Linux crikey 2.4.20-pre4 #5 Tue Aug 20 15:15:50 PDT 2002 i586 unknown crikey% alias mv crikey% which mv /bin/mv crikey% I'm using Red Hat 7.2, in case that matters. _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
