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bug#36831: enhance 'directory not empty' message


From: Jim Meyering
Subject: bug#36831: enhance 'directory not empty' message
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 00:25:23 -0700

On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 11:29 PM Assaf Gordon <address@hidden> wrote:
...
> What do others think? If this is a desired improvement, I'll finish the
> patch with news/tests/etc.
...
> [PATCH] mv: improve ENOTEMPTY/EEXIST error message
>
> Suggested by Alex Mantel <address@hidden> in
> https://bugs.gnu.org/36831 .
>
>     $ mkdir A B B/A
>     $ touch A/bar B/A/foo
>
> Before:
>
>     $ mv A B
>     mv: cannot move 'A' to 'B/A': Directory not empty
>
> After:
>
>     $ mv A B
>     mv: cannot move 'A' to 'B/A': Target directory not empty
>
> * src/copy.c (copy_internal): Add special handling for ENOTEMPTY/EEXIST.
> TODO: NEWS, tests.

I like it. Thank you.





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