Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:55:03 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 201083] mv a.c /doesnotexist results in usage message; not user friendly Message-ID: <bug-201083-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3D201083 Bug ID: 201083 Summary: mv a.c /doesnotexist results in usage message; not user friendly Product: Base System Version: 11.0-CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: ngie@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD punts out a usage message with mv when the target doesn't exist: $ uname -a FreeBSD wkstn-fbsd-ngie 11.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 11.0-CURRENT #3 r275919+fef312b(projects/building-blocks): Thu Dec 18 16:14:11 PST 2014=20= =20=20=20 ngie@wkstn-fbsd-ngie:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC-WITHOUT-WITNESS amd64 $ which mv /bin/mv $ mv src/test_bug_135934.c src/test_bug_149417.sh src/test_bug_151050.sh src/test_new_build.sh idontexist usage: mv [-f | -i | -n] [-hv] source target mv [-f | -i | -n] [-v] source ... directory Fedora Linux 20 on the other hand has a more usable error message: $ cat /etc/redhat-release=20 Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) $ mv t_gdtoa.c /doesnotexist/ mv: cannot create regular file =E2=80=98/doesnotexist/=E2=80=99: Not a dire= ctory POSIX says nothing about mv behavior, so I think it's safe to say that chan= ging the behavior from a usage message to something more usable is desired for FreeBSD usability: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009604599/utilities/mv.html --=20 You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.=
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