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Date:      Tue, 9 Jul 1996 18:48:52 -0700
From:      "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@MARMOT.Mole.ORG>
To:        bde@zeta.org.au, zach@blizzard.gaffaneys.com
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: bin/1375: Extraneous warning from mv(1)
Message-ID:  <199607100148.SAA28951@meerkat.mole.org>

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> mv cannot know if the user cares, so it shouldn't silently drop
> attributes.  I now think it should refuse to the move if it can't
> preserve all the attributes.  It can simply unlink the target and
> avoid unlinking the source if there is a problem.

Or, one could leave it as it is, and accept the known, rather predictable,
and simple behavior instead of a more complicated and unknown behavior.

--
Mike Murphy  mrm@Mole.ORG  +1 619 598 5874
Better is the enemy of Good. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.



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