Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:15:34 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/25013: mv(1) cannot move unresolvable symlinks across devices Message-ID: <200102121615.LAA18573@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <200102120520.f1C5K1d05869@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <200102120520.f1C5K1d05869@freefall.freebsd.org>
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<<On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 21:20:01 -0800 (PST), Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> said: > I think that POSIX.2 and/or BSD made a mistake here, and mv should never > move across filesystems without being forced to. The POSIX rationale makes it clear that this was an intentional choice. The definition of `mv' says that it shall attempt rename() first, but if this fails with [EXDEV], `mv' shall proceed by copying the hierarchy. -GAWollman To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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