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Re: Portability of "mv -f"
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Ian Lance Taylor |
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Re: Portability of "mv -f" |
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21 Sep 2000 14:25:47 -0700 |
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 06:50:43 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pavel Roskin <address@hidden>
How portable is "mv -f" used in autoheader.sh? If it is, I believe we
should switch to using it everywhere to avoid any unwanted interactivity.
I believe that mv -f is fully portable. I think the only portable
options to mv are -f and -i.
Related question - how portable is "mv" across mount points, i.e. between
$TMPDIR and the current directory? Will "mv -f" help?
I do not think that mv across mount points is portable. The -f option
will not help.
Ian