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Subject: Bogus mv behaviour
Date: Mon, 20 Nov 1995 20:43:14 +0100
From: Torbjorn Granlund <tege@matematik.su.se>
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When moving directories across filesystems, e.g., "mv SOURCEDIR/A DESTDIR",
if DESTDIR/A exists, SOURCEDIR/A will be made into DESTDIR/A/A.  That's very
surprising, in particular when many directories are moved in the same
command, and they end up at different levels.

I could accept that the contents of SOURCEDIR/A be merged into DESTDIR/A
(possibly after user confirmation), or that mv simply refused to move such
directories.


Torbjorn