Re: lynx-dev Why use copy and not move when saving 'd'ownloaded files?

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kim Devaughn wrote:
>On Sun, Jul 23, 2000, Frederic L. W. Meunier (address@hidden) said:
>|
>| Hello. Lynx uses copy (syscall or cp(1)?) when 'd'ownloading files.
>| I'd suggest using move since you can have problems with space.
>
>You can only *really* mv(1) a file if both the source and destination
>are on the same file system (on most, if not all UNIX's).  If they are
>on different filesys's, mv(1) is smart enough to *actually* do a cp(1)
>(except perhaps on some old flavors, where even a single-file "mv"
>between filesys's will fail).

>/tmp (or equivalent) is often on a different filesys than user's $HOME
>dirs, so using cp(1) to begin with is, in a sense, more portable.

>I've no idea how VMS, OS/390, DOS, etc, handle (the equivalent of) a
>copy/delete vs. a rename (aka move), 

On VMS /tmp is generally the same as the user's home directory,
but rename will fail if two different physical disks are involved.
For VMS at least, it shouldn't be too hard to write the code to
check to see if two disks are involved.

Robert Morphis

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