Re: possible problem with mv

2002-10-31 Thread Bob Proulx
Kerry Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-22 16:32:58 +]: > I have a directory /usr/local/gcc-3.2/bin/bin. The directory containes > executable files. If I move the files with the following command mv * .. > then it seems to move all the files to the parent directory. The '*' will not matc

possible problem with mv

2002-10-22 Thread Kerry Murphy
Hello, I have a directory /usr/local/gcc-3.2/bin/bin. The directory containes executable files. If I move the files with the following command mv * .. then it seems to move all the files to the parent directory. When I goto directory /usr/local/gcc-3.2/bin and try to remove the seemingly e

Re: Repost: Possible problem with mv in fileutils 4.1

2002-08-30 Thread Jim Meyering
Dave Gotwisner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I reported this to the list on July 8th, but, having seen no followup, > and still having the problem, I am reasking/re-reporting. > > There may be a problem with the 4.1 version of mv, when moving a file > onto another read-only file. In fileutils 4.0p

Repost: Possible problem with mv in fileutils 4.1

2002-08-30 Thread Dave Gotwisner
I reported this to the list on July 8th, but, having seen no followup, and still having the problem, I am reasking/re-reporting. There may be a problem with the 4.1 version of mv, when moving a file onto another read-only file. In fileutils 4.0p (redhat 6.2) this failed, as expected. In fileu

Possible problem with mv in fileutils 4.1

2002-07-09 Thread Dave Gotwisner
There may be a problem with the 4.1 version of mv, when moving a file onto another read-only file. In fileutils 4.0p (redhat 6.2) this failed, as expected. In fileutils 4.1 (redhat 7.3) it succeeded, as it shouldn't have (my opinion). Filesystem is an ext2 (for fu4.0p) and ext3 (for fu4.1), but