Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths

[Pádraig Brady]

On 29/02/2024 22:02, Petr Malat wrote:
> renameat2() syscall allows atomically swapping 2 paths on one
> file system. Expose this ability to the user using -s option.
>
> * NEWS: Mention the new option

Thanks for the patch.

That was suggested previously:
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/coreutils/2021-05/msg00030.html

I agree this is useful functionality,
but the thinking is we should add this to a "replace" utility
rather than to mv.

thanks,
Pádraig