From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 23 21:55:03 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@nevdull.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7F2AD6EA for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:55:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from kenobi.freebsd.org (kenobi.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::16:76]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4F21D3F1 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:55:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) Received: from bugs.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.118]) by kenobi.freebsd.org (8.14.9/8.14.9) with ESMTP id t5NLt3R5056834 for ; Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:55:03 GMT (envelope-from bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org) From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 201083] mv a.c /doesnotexist results in usage message; not user friendly Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:55:03 +0000 X-Bugzilla-Reason: AssignedTo X-Bugzilla-Type: new X-Bugzilla-Watch-Reason: None X-Bugzilla-Product: Base System X-Bugzilla-Component: bin X-Bugzilla-Version: 11.0-CURRENT X-Bugzilla-Keywords: X-Bugzilla-Severity: Affects Many People X-Bugzilla-Who: ngie@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Status: New X-Bugzilla-Priority: --- X-Bugzilla-Assigned-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org X-Bugzilla-Target-Milestone: --- X-Bugzilla-Flags: X-Bugzilla-Changed-Fields: bug_id short_desc product version rep_platform op_sys bug_status bug_severity priority component assigned_to reporter Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Bugzilla-URL: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/ Auto-Submitted: auto-generated MIME-Version: 1.0 X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:55:03 -0000 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.=