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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#17372: closed (GNU mv)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:45:03 +0000

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Your message dated Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:10:14 -0600
with message-id <535FC0D6.5020807 <at> redhat.com>
and subject line Re: bug#17372: GNU mv
has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #17372,
regarding GNU mv
to be marked as done.

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From: Scott Brunner <scottb613 <at> yahoo.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: GNU mv
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 07:34:34 -0700 (PDT)

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Hi Folks,

Not sure I'm in the right place - but - I'm having a problem with the "mv" command in Cygwin's Unix emmulator... The man page directed me to this address... I have a bunch of files that all start with the "-" character (-moo, -moo1, -moo2)... Obviously the "-" is treated as a switch in the Unix world - so you can't do simple moves as you would in Solaris... I'm not sure if the goal of your GNU release is supposed to match the functionality of Unix but I just wanted to point this out in case you were unaware...

In Solaris - this works: 
 
    mv -f - '-moo' SCO-moo

In Cygwin - it does not...

Thanks...

Regards,
Scott

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From: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
To: Scott Brunner <scottb613 <at> yahoo.com>, 17372-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#17372: GNU mv
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 09:10:14 -0600

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tag 17372 notabug
thanks

On 04/29/2014 08:34 AM, Scott Brunner wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> Not sure I'm in the right place - but - I'm having a problem with the "mv" command in Cygwin's Unix emmulator...

Yes, this is the right place; you'd see the same behavior on Linux,
which means it is not cygwin-specific (if you do encounter something
that you cannot reproduce on Linux, then the cygwin lists are a better
place for that question).

> The man page directed me to this address... I have a bunch of files that all start with the "-" character (-moo, -moo1, -moo2)... Obviously the "-" is treated as a switch in the Unix world - so you can't do simple moves as you would in Solaris... I'm not sure if the goal of your GNU release is supposed to match the functionality of Unix but I just wanted to point this out in case you were unaware...
> 
> In Solaris - this works: 
>  
>     mv -f - '-moo' SCO-moo

That behavior is not required by POSIX.  But what POSIX _does_ require
is that:

mv -f -- -moo SCO-moo

does the right thing, and GNU mv complies with that.  You can also use:

mv -f ./-moo SCO-moo


You have asked a FAQ; for more details:

https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#I-have-a-file-called-_002d_002dhelp_002e-How-do-I-remove-it_003f

Therefore, I'm closing this as not a bug, although you can continue to
respond to the thread if you have more questions on the topic.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
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