Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:14:31 +0000 (UTC) From: Diomidis Spinellis <dds@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: cvs commit: src/bin/mv mv.c Message-ID: <200712161414.lBGEEV3O050572@repoman.freebsd.org>
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dds 2007-12-16 14:14:31 UTC
FreeBSD src repository
Modified files:
bin/mv mv.c
Log:
When moving a directory across devices to a place where a directory
with the same name exists, delete that directory first, before performing
the copy. This ensures that mv(1) across devices follows the semantics
of rename(2), as required by POSIX.
This change could introduce the potential of data loss, even if the
copy fails, violating the atomicity properties of rename(2). This is
(mostly) mitigated by first renaming the destination and obliterating
it only after a succesfull copy.
The above logic also led to the introduction of code that will cleanup
the results of a partial copy, if a cross-device copy fails.
PR: bin/118367
MFC after: 1 month
Revision Changes Path
1.47 +83 -23 src/bin/mv/mv.c
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