Re: RFC: new cp option: --efficient-sparse=HOW

2011-02-03 Thread Jim Meyering
Pádraig Brady wrote: > On 31/01/11 21:46, Jim Meyering wrote: >> Now that we have can read sparse files efficiently, >> what if I want to copy a 20PiB sparse file, and yet I want to >> be sure that it does so efficiently. Few people can afford >> to wait around while a normal processor and storage

{ mv test test; } should not fail

2011-02-03 Thread Krzysztof Żelechowski
Dear all: When I say { mv test test; }, I mean that the file currently named "test" should be named "test" in the future. After { mv test test; } executes, my wish is successfully fulfilled, so why does the command fail?! (This breaks scripts that rename "lib" to "%{_lib}" on openSUSE, where %

Re: { mv test test; } should not fail

2011-02-03 Thread Eric Blake
On 02/03/2011 04:42 PM, Krzysztof Żelechowski wrote: > Dear all: > > When I say { mv test test; }, I mean that the file currently named "test" > should be named "test" in the future. After { mv test test; } executes, my > wish is successfully fulfilled, so why does the command fail?! > > (This