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mv return value.

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From: Jorgen Harmse <Jorgen.Harmse <at> samsclub.com>
To: "bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org" <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>
Subject: mv return value.
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 17:02:59 +0000

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The documentation specifies the usual exit convention, but doesn’t say what counts as success. For example, I would like
       mv -i a b || (diff a b && rm a)
to rename a if b does not exist and to remove a if they are identical, but it doesn’t work.

Regards,
Jorgen Harmse

Sam’s Club Technology
Phone 512.633.2226
jorgen.harmse <at> samsclub.com


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