From: ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig) Subject: Re: BUG of feature: cannot move `foo' accross file systems Date: 5 Jan 1993 11:56:44 GMT
In article <1993Jan5.100758.21535@klaava.Helsinki.FI> kankkune@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Risto Kankkunen) writes:
>So, would it be The Right Thing to modify GNU mv?
The best thing would be to tell GNU mv's maintainer about the problem,
maybe even send him (or her) a patch. Chances are it'll be included
in the new version.
>Does POSIX say anything about this?
A strictly POSIX.1 conforming program does not use symlinks; there is no
POSIX - specified way of telling wether a file is a symlink or not.
-- Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic diagram.