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Re: mv does not overwrite destination file
- To: timd@werple.net.au
- Subject: Re: mv does not overwrite destination file
- From: DJ Delorie <dj@delorie.com>
- Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 22:24:15 -0400 (EDT)
- CC: cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com
> However, when I try to move a file 'src' to existing file 'dest' and the
> two files are on different drives, the move fails:
Good! It fails on Unix also (unless mv is smart and does a copy
instead), if the files are on different filesystems. However, the
error is supposed to be EXDEV. That's probably confusing gnu mv,
which is probably one of the smart ones.
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