> Thanks for reporting that. > I've just added this to the NEWS file for 4.1.1: > > * mv (likewise for cp), now fails rather than silently clobbering one of > the source files in the following example: > rm -rf a b c; mkdir a b c; touch a/f b/f; mv a/f b/f c > > I'm not sure what behavior would be best in your case: > > touch a; mkdir d > cp a a d
rm -rf a b c; mkdir a b c; touch a/f b/f; cp a/f b/f c; echo $? rm -rf a d; touch a; mkdir d; cp a a d/; echo $? I will only note that on both IBM AIX and HP-UX both of the above commands return without failure. How is cp a/f b/f c/ different from cp a/f c/; cp b/f c/ On initial reading it seems inconsistent to treat those cases differently. Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils
