GNU bug report logs - #69532
mv's new -x option should be made orthogonal to -t/-T/default

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Karel Zak <kzak <at> redhat.com>
To: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
Cc: Petr Malat <oss <at> malat.biz>, util-linux <util-linux <at> vger.kernel.org>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, Dominique Martinet <asmadeus <at> codewreck.org>, 69532 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Rob Landley <rob <at> landley.net>
Subject: bug#69532: mv's new -x option should be made orthogonal to -t/-T/default
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2024 21:41:02 +0100

On Tue, Mar 05, 2024 at 02:16:05PM +0000, Pádraig Brady wrote:

> I think having the functionality in mv(1) is better than in rename(1),
> but since exch(1) is already released that's probably
> the best place for this functionality now.
> 
> A separate exch command may be overkill for just this,

rename(1) was also my initial idea, but it's too complex and rarely used
by users for simple tasks like those we can now achieve with the new simple
command exch(1).

> but perhaps related functionality might be added to that command in future.
> For e.g. some of the discussed functionality for a "replace" command
> might reside there.
> 
> So I think I'll remove the as yet unreleased mv --swap from coreutils, given that
> util-linux is as widely available as coreutils on GNU/Linux platforms.

Yes, it seems better to have this Linux-specific feature in
util-linux. We should discuss such changes early next time ;-) 

Thanks for CC:

Karel

-- 
 Karel Zak  <kzak <at> redhat.com>
 http://karelzak.blogspot.com

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.