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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