[Chicken-janitors] Re: #353: file-copy does not what I'd think when used on directories

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#353: file-copy does not what I'd think when used on directories
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  Reporter:  syn             |       Owner:  felix 
      Type:  enhancement     |      Status:  closed
  Priority:  minor           |   Milestone:  4.7.0 
 Component:  core libraries  |     Version:  4.5.x 
Resolution:  fixed           |    Keywords:        
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Comment(by felix):

 Replying to [comment:3 sjamaan]:
 > Didn't file-move do the right thing when used on directories?  It'd be a
 shame if that worked before but now throws an error.  I don't know how it
 works on Windows, but in Unix moving is renaming. Or do we have a separate
 procedure for that?

 `file-copy` and `file-move` only copy/move files by manually reading
 writing blocks of data. Mostly useless.

 `rename-file` (library unit) does a proper `rename(2)` system call.

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