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- From: kankkune@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Risto Kankkunen)
- Subject: Re: BUG of feature: cannot move `foo' accross file systems
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.100758.21535@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Organization: University of Helsinki, Department of Computer Science
- References: <1993Jan1.141633.1724@victrola.sea.wa.us> <1993Jan3.205523.23937@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1993Jan3.214155.25253@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 10:07:58 GMT
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- >Note that GNU mv already does something similar with regular files (ie
- >it copies them across filesystems and then unlinks the original file if
- >the copy was successfull), but symbolic links aren't the only thing mv
- >won't touch. Directories, named pipes and any other special files share
- >their non-movability with symlinks - understandable, as moving them can
- >result in funny behavior (especially trying to move a directory by
- >copying it and then removing it is so fraught with race-conditions that
- >it's not really worth it).
-
- Well, I maybe didn't realize that moving accross file systems is done in
- mv, not in kernel (although I have known this for long, really), so my
- first post was a bit confusing. I don't want more functionality to the
- kernel itself.
-
- It is, however, annoying that mv handles plain files and symlinks
- differently here. And, as I mentioned, there are platforms where you can
- actually mv symlinks from fs to another. I understand that moving
- directories and other special files is so tricky that it needn't be
- handled even in mv.
-
- So, would it be The Right Thing to modify GNU mv? What are the systems
- that allow/forbid moving of symlinks accross fs's? Does POSIX say
- anything about this? What do you think about splitting this newsgroup?
- And what do you think about the situation in Albania?
- --
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