Re: mv implemented as cp?!?!?!!?

["Matthew O. Persico" <persicom at acedsl dot com>]

"Gerrit P. Haase" wrote:
> 
> Matthew O. Persico schrieb am 2001-09-12, 18:52:
> 
> >I have a /usr/X11R6 directory that I wanted to get out of the way. So I
> >renamed it like this:
> >
> >cd /usr
> >mv X11R6 X11R6.XFree.4.1.0
> >
> >It is taking multiple minutes. Looking at it in Windows Explorer, I see
> >both X11R6 and X11R6.XFree.4.1.0 in existance at the same time.
> >
> >Is mv implemented as cp and del?!?!. Why not just rename the file, a'la
> >UNIX, or even Windows? Or am I really missing something?
> 
> It works as you would expect, but only if there is no file opened in the
> dir you want to rename.
> You can try this.
> Create a dir and fill it up.
> Make sure that there is no file opened and you're not looking in any
> subdirectory with explorer or another shell window.
> Then rename it.

Wow. Who knew? Obviously not me. I have to see how UNIX (solaris 2.6 in
partcular) behaves when I get back to work tomorrow.

-- 
Matthew O. Persico
New York City - we're still here.

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