On Tue, 6 May 2008 17:55:55 +0100 martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also sprach Bart Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008.05.06.1645 +0100]: > > I'd rather we didn't. rename(2) is atomic, but there's no > > reasonable way to make cp+rm be so, and I think it's better if the > > user is forced to be aware of the issue. > > > > Also note that "cp" is (intentionally) NOT one of the commands > > supplied by the zsh/files module, so changing mv means > > implementing cp. > > What, if I may ask, is the purpose of zsh/files?
Its primary purpose has been as a fallback on a system where the shell is working but nothing much else is. Hence it provides the limited, easy-to-implement things you're likely to need to fix what needs fixing. Moving things between file systems typically isn't something you need (though in any given case it may be, as well as a whole load of other stuff the shell doesn't provide). -- Peter Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Web page now at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/p.w.stephenson/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
