mv implemented as cp?!?!?!!?

[Tim Prince]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew O. Persico" <persicom@acedsl.com>
To: "cygwin" <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 3:52 PM
Subject: mv implemented as cp?!?!?!!?


> I have a /usr/X11R6 directory that I wanted to get out of the
way. So I
> renamed it like this:
>
> cd /usr
> mv X11R6 X11R6.XFree.4.1.0
>
> It is taking multiple minutes. Looking at it in Windows
Explorer, I see
> both X11R6 and X11R6.XFree.4.1.0 in existance at the same time.
>
> Is mv implemented as cp and del?!?!. Why not just rename the
file, a'la
> UNIX, or even Windows? Or am I really missing something?
You want it to fail whenever the destination file exists?

I've never knowingly been anywhere Verizon operated where DSL was
available; what's that got to do with cygwin?


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