Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 11:27:06 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de Subject: bin/689: mv(1) manpage Message-ID: <199508150927.LAA00437@localhost> Resent-Message-ID: <199508151000.DAA03745@freefall.FreeBSD.org>
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>Number: 689 >Category: bin >Synopsis: mv(1) manpage >Confidential: yes >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Tue Aug 15 03:00:02 PDT 1995 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Wolfram Schneider >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.0-ALPHA i386 >Environment: >Description: from manpage: As the rename(2) call does not work across file systems, mv uses cp(1) and rm(1) to accomplish the move. The effect is equivalent to: rm -f destination_path && \ cp -pr source_file destination && \ ^^^ rm -rf source_file Fix: rm -f destination_path && \ cp -PRp source_file destination && \ rm -rf source_file >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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