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Re: mv deletes file
- To: TYann at vet dot com dot au, earnie_boyd at yahoo dot com
- Subject: Re: mv deletes file
- From: N8TM at aol dot com
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 02:51:20 EDT
- Cc: dougk at primenet dot com, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
In a message dated 8/20/98 9:54:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, TYann@vet.com.au
writes:
> try to move file src to dest
> if failed because dest already exists
> delete dest
> try to move file src to dest
>
Well, in my example, I tried to install make-3.77 by typing "make install".
Of course, it got as far as deleting the make.exe which was running, and no
further. I have no trouble with ./make install, however.
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