Re: [Monotone-devel] nvm.alt_tmpdir

[Stephen Leake]

Stephen Leake <address@hidden> writes:

> Nathaniel Smith <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Stephen Leake
>> <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>    Note that 'mv' between two drives succeeds on Windows
>>
>> Wouldn't it be easier to just enhance the POSIX move-this-file
>> function so that it checks if they're on the same filesystem (you can
>> get this from stat(2)), and then either calls rename(2) or does a
>> copy+unlink?
>
> Hmm.
>
> Yes, that would be easier. 

The issue of how to write a test for it is still relevant.

But it's far less code, so testing only in actual use would not be too bad.

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