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Message #8 received at 30907 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Jorgen Harmse <Jorgen.Harmse <at> samsclub.com>, 30907 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#30907: mv return value.
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 11:48:32 -0700

On 03/22/2018 10:02 AM, Jorgen Harmse wrote:
> 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.

I'm afraid that's a bit vague. What wording change do you suggest?

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