bug#52122: closed (mv: deletes src file on error)

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regarding mv: deletes src file on error
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> mv: deletes src file on error
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> Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:07:09 +0000
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> Hi,
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> Given two files: an old version of "foo" on a mounted USB stick:
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> /mnt/dst/foo
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> and a new version of "foo" in /src/foo on the system's hard drive. When
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> sudo mv /src/foo /mnt/dst/foo
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> I get the following error:
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> mv: failed to preserve ownership for '/mnt/dst/foo': Operation not permitted
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> The error is fine but mv deletes /src/foo and keeps mnt/dst/foo,
> meaning that the data of the new file is lost. Is this the intended
> behaviour? I'm using Coreutils 9.0.
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> Kind regards,
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> Frank
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> Re: bug#52122: mv: deletes src file on error
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> Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:18:44 -0800
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> On 11/26/21 04:23, Frank Busse wrote:
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> > guess it was a hiccup somewhere else in the system, sorry.
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> Thanks for following up; closing the bug report.
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