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Fwd: mv fails when trying to overwrite a file in a (map) network drive

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From: Lluis faixó <lluis.faixo <at> gmail.com>
To: 14852 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#14852: Fwd: mv fails when trying to overwrite a file in a (map) network drive
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 16:55:20 +0100

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Forgot to say I'm using minGw with Msys latest version:
mingw-get-inst-20120426

Sorry about that


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From: Lluis faixó <lluis.faixo <at> gmail.com>
Date: 2013/7/12
Subject: mv fails when trying to overwrite a file in a (map) network drive
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org


If I am working in my harddisk I can move and overwrite files.

I'm working on Windows XP I have a network drive (Y:\)
file1 exists
file2 exists

if I try:
mv -f file1 file2

It complains:

mv: cannot move `file1' to `file2': File exists

Hope the explanation is good enough.

Cheers,
Lluis

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