GNU bug report logs - #31038
mv copies in ls -r order

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2018 08:19:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>

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From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
To: bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org
Subject: mv copies in ls -r order
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2018 15:52:15 +0800

$ mv -v dir1/* dir2
reveals that mv works backwards,
copying in ls -r order.
Well OK, but why is that order better than the order of the arguments it
was given?
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