Re: Puzzling mv "permission denied" behaviour

2009-02-05 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Feb 4 13:07, Bob Erb wrote: > I get a "permission denied" problem with mv that I don't understand > when using mv to rename a directory. I have sufficient priveleges to > mv the contents of the directory, and then, when empty, I can mv the > directory. Why can I only mv the directory when it'

Puzzling mv "permission denied" behaviour

2009-02-04 Thread Bob Erb
I get a "permission denied" problem with mv that I don't understand when using mv to rename a directory. I have sufficient priveleges to mv the contents of the directory, and then, when empty, I can mv the directory. Why can I only mv the directory when it's empty, while I can mv the contents of