Re: mv trailing slash warning

[Eric Blake]

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According to Dr. David Alan Gilbert on 9/26/2005 11:17 AM:
> 
>>>$ mkdir a b
>>>$ ln -s $PWD/a sym
>>>$ mv sym/ b
>>>mv: cannot move `sym/' to `b/sym': Not a directory
> 
> Nod.  Perhaps the warning needs a warning that it can't be relied
> on?

No, POSIX requires rename("sym/", name) to move the directory, not the
symlink, so the warning is accurate and should apply to all systems,
whether or not their rename is conformant.  You may also want to check
what `type mv` prints, in case you have an alias in place that strips
trailing slashes.

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