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bug#17372: GNU mv
From: |
Scott Brunner |
Subject: |
bug#17372: GNU mv |
Date: |
Tue, 29 Apr 2014 14:57:10 -0400 |
Hi Eric,
Thanks so much for the help and all you guys do supporting the GNU projects...
Have a good day - sir !
Regards,
Scott
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> On Apr 29, 2014, at 11:10, Eric Blake <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> 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
>