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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 1999 22:24:15 -0400 (EDT)
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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: timd AT werple DOT net DOT au
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In-reply-to: <3789504D.D87C9B6F@werple.net.au> (message from Tim Davidson on
	Mon, 12 Jul 1999 12:17:49 +1000)
Subject: Re: mv does not overwrite destination file


> However, when I try to move a file 'src' to existing file 'dest' and the
> two files are on different drives, the move fails:

Good!  It fails on Unix also (unless mv is smart and does a copy
instead), if the files are on different filesystems.  However, the
error is supposed to be EXDEV.  That's probably confusing gnu mv,
which is probably one of the smart ones.

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