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Re: lynx-dev Why use copy and not move when saving 'd'ownloaded files?
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Klaus Weide |
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Re: lynx-dev Why use copy and not move when saving 'd'ownloaded files? |
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Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:53:48 -0500 (CDT) |
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 address@hidden wrote:
> In a recent note, Kim DeVaughn said:
> > On Sun, Jul 23, 2000, Frederic L. W. Meunier (address@hidden) said:
> > | I'd suggest using move since you can have problems with space.
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> > You can only *really* mv(1) a file if both the source and destination
> > are on the same file system
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> Furthermore, Lynx's use of cp(1) rather than mv(1) allows the user
> to save a file to multiple destinations, if desired, without
> re-fetching from the net.
That is the major reason why lynx uses cp, as I understand it.
Klaus
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