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According to Michal Wencl on 11/18/2007 3:16 AM:
mkdir -p a b/a
touch a/1 a/2 b/a/2
move a b
Current result:
In my version of mv (5.97) the following error message is returned:
Consider upgrading. The latest stable version of coreutils is
Hi.
I'm not sure if this is a bug, feature, todo, or a change request
but I think the current behaviour is not expected for most people.
At least not for those coming from Windows.
My scenario:
mkdir -p a b/a
touch a/1 a/2 b/a/2
move a b
Current result:
In my version of mv (5.97) the
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According to Eric Blake on 11/18/2007 6:20 AM:
Could you think about it, please? It would be great if at least a
switch for it was added to mv (and other coreutils).
What you appear to be wanting is a new option to mv, maybe spelled like
'mv
As a followup, I'm pretty sure rsync already does what you are looking
for, so why bloat mv to do something that can be done with another tool?
Thanks for a quick answer. I didn't study rsync deeply yet but I understand it
as a copy utility that temporarily takes filesystem space and wears down
Michal Wencl wrote:
As a followup, I'm pretty sure rsync already does what you are looking
for, so why bloat mv to do something that can be done with another tool?
I didn't study rsync deeply yet but I understand it as a copy
utility that temporarily takes filesystem space
Rsync is a
