On 8/3/19 8:21 AM, L A Walsh wrote:
> On 2019/08/02 23:10, Assaf Gordon wrote:
>> Specifically, at the top of the page:
>> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/mv.html
>>SYNOPSIS
>> mv [-if] source_file target_file
>> mv [-if] source_file... target_dir
>>DE
On 2019/08/02 23:10, Assaf Gordon wrote:
So when I look at the system call on linux for rename:
oldpath can specify a directory. In this case, newpath must
either not
exist, or it must specify an empty directory.
(complying with POSIX_C
Hello,
On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 10:47:18PM -0700, L A Walsh wrote:
> It's not a wish list that 'mv' doesn't work as documented.
The "wishlist" refers to the topic:
You are asking to add new funtionality to 'mv'.
That is a "wishlist" item.
(answering out of order:)
> > On 2019-08-02 9:56 p.m., L
It's not a wish list that 'mv' doesn't work as documented.
On 2019/08/02 22:45, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> severity 36901 wishlist
> retitle 36901 mv: merge directories where target already exists
> stop
>
> Hello,
>
> (for context: this is a new topic, diverged at https://bugs.gnu.org/36831#38 )
>
severity 36901 wishlist
retitle 36901 mv: merge directories where target already exists
stop
Hello,
(for context: this is a new topic, diverged at https://bugs.gnu.org/36831#38 )
For completeness, quoting your second message ( from
https://bugs.gnu.org/36831#50 ):
On 2019-08-02 9:56 p.m., L A
Reposting this, since I realize that fixing the target-exists cases
with a helpful algorithm could change or eliminate many cases
where where now the user gets an error instead.
On 2019/07/28 23:28, Assaf Gordon wrote:
>
>
> $ mkdir A B B/A
> $ touch A/bar B/A/foo
> $ mv A B
> m
