Hi, I use 'mv' of fileutils-4.1 on Debian GNU/Linux woody. I realized that 'mv' cannot rename hard link files.
% mv --version mv (fileutils) 4.1 Written by Mike Parker, David MacKenzie, and Jim Meyering. <snip> % mkdir tmp % touch A tmp/A tmp/B % ln A B % ls -lRi .: total 4 2232056 -rw-r--r-- 2 yokota yokota 0 Aug 14 09:37 A 2232056 -rw-r--r-- 2 yokota yokota 0 Aug 14 09:37 B 2232055 drwxr-xr-x 2 yokota yokota 4096 Aug 14 09:37 tmp ./tmp: total 0 2232057 -rw-r--r-- 1 yokota yokota 0 Aug 14 09:37 A 2232058 -rw-r--r-- 1 yokota yokota 0 Aug 14 09:37 B and, % mv -f A B tmp mv: cannot create hard link `tmp/B' to `tmp/A': File exists --- By yokota _______________________________________________ Bug-fileutils mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-fileutils