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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu>
To: Pietro Cerutti <gahr@gahr.ch>
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Cc: Wouter Oosterveld <wouter@fizzyflux.nl>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: rename and chmod (was: cp -p)
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On Fri, Feb 08, 2008 at 12:30:57PM +0100, Pietro Cerutti wrote:

> Wouter Oosterveld wrote:
> >> 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?

Not if you use mv.   If you use cp, then it could.

By definition, mv only moves the pointer/link or whatever it is called
and doesn't change anything else.

////jerry

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> > Regards,
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> > Wouter
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