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From: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>
Subject: Re: bin/3399: mv of symbolic link can move directory instead of link 
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The following reply was made to PR bin/3399; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Nugent <davidn@labs.usn.blaze.net.au>
To: chiuk@indiana.edu
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/3399: mv of symbolic link can move directory instead of link 
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 1997 11:23:01 +1000

 > If a symbolic link is entered with a trailing /, the directory it
 > references instead of the link is moved.  This could cause loss of
 > data, if someone assumes that the original directory was not affected.
 
 Wrong assumption. :-)
 
 IMHO this a a feature, not a bug. Many programs assume you wish to
 look "through" a symlink if you add the trailing slash. /bin/ls, for
 example. mv's behaviour therefore would seem to be expected.
 
 Regards,
 David
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