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Re: B20: mv deletes files on error (NT)
- To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall@rfk.com>
- Subject: Re: B20: mv deletes files on error (NT)
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna.vinschen@cityweb.de>
- Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 02:19:42 +0200
- CC: earnie_boyd@yahoo.com, cygwin users <cygwin@sourceware.cygnus.com>
- References: <3.0.5.32.19990329184811.00a1d360@pop.ma.ultranet.com>
"Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" wrote:
>
> Well, let's flip the question. Why is it not adequate to modify "ln" to
> handle the issue of hard links? This is not without precedent since it had
> to be done at one time for file systems that don't support hard links (like
> FAT).
>
> Whether or not foo and Foo are the same file, I see no reason why one can't
> rename it in a case-sensitive manner. I can in the Explorer. I can using
> DOS commands (like MOVE). Why shouldn't I be able to keep doing this in
> Cygwin? Why does the change to support hard links necessitate a change in
> Cygwin where support for "mv" does not? Mind you, I'm not arguing that
> the support for hard links is bad but merely that the change made to support
> them may not be the best approach to getting them! Is there anyone who can
> clarify that point? The rest is just opinion, which while great for
> discussion, usually wears thin after a time.
Sorry, but I don't understand your intention.
- cygwin has supported hard links earlier already.
- `ln' supported hard links earlier, too.
- The change, I made, didn't invent hard link support, but the ability,
to recognize them. It uses the type of i-node number, which is generated
by windows itself. Moreover the filename hashing method was never correctly
implemented, because it was case sensitive, which did never reflect the
file system behaviour.
- Shouldn't be the behaviour of mv corrected, instead of working incorrect
in an inner part of the system? Wouldn't this be a more future oriented
solution?
BTW: `mv' did never work correctly on files which ends up in `.exe'. Try:
mv foo foo.exe <-- this works
mv foo.exe foo <-- this not:
`mv: `ln.exe' and `ln' are the same file'
- As mentioned by Earnie: Changing `mv' is really simple (a type of a one liner).
- In the meantime, try `mv foo bar; mv bar Foo'. ;)
Regards,
Corinna
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