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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Scott Brunner <scottb613 <at> yahoo.com>
Subject: bug#17372: closed (Re: bug#17372: GNU mv)
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 15:45:03 +0000

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Your bug report

#17372: GNU mv

which was filed against the coreutils package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 17372 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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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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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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