John Plocher wrote: > Darren Kenny wrote: >> In this case, using the mv command, ... it cannot reconcile > > This seems to be a serious flaw that needs to get fixed. No, I don't > know how best to fix it, but I believe there are mechanisms in place > to watch for filesystem changes and react....
Not sure how file event monitoring would deal with: 1. a "mv" command by root while the user is not logged in 2. a case where the user's home directory is on a remote NFS server, so that the "mv" command is not run on the system running the Gnome software. Think of a NetApp box, for example... Having said that: > John Fischer wrote: >> This filename is in a <dot> directory that is owned by the >> user. How is this any different from messing up ones >> bookmarks? On the one hand the directories subject to moving are at the top level, e.g. $HOME/Music. Not dotfiles. But on the other hand, I'm fairly sure that it I type "mv Music Music.old" on MacOS, the desktop does not track this and instead creates a new Music directory next time I fire up iTunes. In fact, if using "mv Music Music.backup", I've relied on this in the past. Sometimes the user may want the system to start with a new directory... Hugh.
