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Re: "mv a b/" when b does not exist
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Paul Eggert |
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Re: "mv a b/" when b does not exist |
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Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:40:41 -0800 |
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address@hidden (Eric Blake) writes:
> You are looking at the pre-2004 defects; try looking at the current ones
> http://www.opengroup.org/austin/aardvark/latest/xshbug2.txt
But ERN 108 in that URL refers to what happens with rename("a",
"b/."), which obviously should fail. It doesn't really address the
issue of what should happen with rename("a", "b/").
I agree that this entire area is murky, underspecified, and differs in
surprising ways on various systems. What a pain. (Somebody should
clean it up. :-)