Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> writes:

> The mv command causes an atomic rename(2) to occur if on the same file
> system.  That is not possible when using cp + rm.  Therefore mv is
> required.

Also, you can rename a file that you cannot read.

Andreas.

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