Jim Meyering writes: > > Thanks for the suggestions. > Here's the patch I'm considering: > [I first patched copy.c's copy_reg, included at end, > but didn't like that as much; the core copying code > should not be encumbered like that, and other users of copy.c > are not affected. ]
Cross-filesystem mv is pretty much the same. If one is confusing enough to justify a change, I think the other is too. $ cd /tmp $ touch foo $ ls -ld $HOME/nosuch ls: cannot access /home/pacman/nosuch: No such file or directory $ mv foo $HOME/nosuch/ mv: cannot create regular file `/home/pacman/nosuch/': Is a directory $ -- Alan Curry
