On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 15:43:52 -0300 hernux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > moving a file from one folder to another, takes too much time, it > seems that thunar is coping the file instead of just renaming it. > Moving a 2GB file with mv command takes just one second and fifteen > minutes in thunar. > I was wondering about that too, someday, but then I realised that plain ol' 'mv' command does virtually no sanity checks before it moves the file. It is so easy to aim at your foot and pull the trigger when executing /bin/mv , that a completely different implementation ought to be made in a desktop file manager.
I don't know if this is the best, but it is surely better if you take the safety of your data into account :-) Greets, > thanx, > Hernux PS: I am not Benny, of course and all the above may just be a pile of bs. You are bewarned! -- Stavros Giannouris Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Hello. I'm a signature virus. Just copy me to your signature to help me spread" -- Stavros Giannouris Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Hello. I'm a signature virus. Just copy me to your signature to help me spread" ____________________________________________________________________ http://www.freemail.gr - äùñåÜí õðçñåóßá çëåêôñïíéêïý ôá÷õäñïìåßïõ. http://www.freemail.gr - free email service for the Greek-speaking.
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