[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
bug#17372: GNU mv
From: |
Eric Blake |
Subject: |
bug#17372: GNU mv |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:10:14 -0600 |
User-agent: |
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.4.0 |
tag 17372 notabug
thanks
On 04/29/2014 08:34 AM, Scott Brunner wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Not sure I'm in the right place - but - I'm having a problem with the "mv"
> command in Cygwin's Unix emmulator...
Yes, this is the right place; you'd see the same behavior on Linux,
which means it is not cygwin-specific (if you do encounter something
that you cannot reproduce on Linux, then the cygwin lists are a better
place for that question).
> The man page directed me to this address... I have a bunch of files that all
> start with the "-" character (-moo, -moo1, -moo2)... Obviously the "-" is
> treated as a switch in the Unix world - so you can't do simple moves as you
> would in Solaris... I'm not sure if the goal of your GNU release is supposed
> to match the functionality of Unix but I just wanted to point this out in
> case you were unaware...
>
> In Solaris - this works:
>
> mv -f - '-moo' SCO-moo
That behavior is not required by POSIX. But what POSIX _does_ require
is that:
mv -f -- -moo SCO-moo
does the right thing, and GNU mv complies with that. You can also use:
mv -f ./-moo SCO-moo
You have asked a FAQ; for more details:
https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#I-have-a-file-called-_002d_002dhelp_002e-How-do-I-remove-it_003f
Therefore, I'm closing this as not a bug, although you can continue to
respond to the thread if you have more questions on the topic.
--
Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature