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Subject: rename and chmod (was: cp -p)
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> >> Now, from a logical point of view, why moving a file into a directory
> > doesn't fall into the "created into them" case?
> >
> > Because (if on the same filesystem) you don't create a new file. You
> > just link the file in the destination dir and unlink the file from the
> > source dir.
>
> Exactly. But from a /*logical*/ point of view, shouldn't this case be
> treated /*as if*/ the file was created inside the target directory?

No. This has nothing to do with logics but with your premisses, the
implementation of mv and standards (IEEE Std 1003.2 (``POSIX.2'')).

It just behaves different than you would expect, but that is no logical error.

> > Regards,
> >
> > Wouter
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