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bug#52122: mv: deletes src file on error
From: |
Frank Busse |
Subject: |
bug#52122: mv: deletes src file on error |
Date: |
Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:07:09 +0000 |
Hi,
Given two files: an old version of "foo" on a mounted USB stick:
/mnt/dst/foo
and a new version of "foo" in /src/foo on the system's hard drive. When
I do:
sudo mv /src/foo /mnt/dst/foo
I get the following error:
mv: failed to preserve ownership for '/mnt/dst/foo': Operation not permitted
The error is fine but mv deletes /src/foo and keeps mnt/dst/foo,
meaning that the data of the new file is lost. Is this the intended
behaviour? I'm using Coreutils 9.0.
Kind regards,
Frank
- bug#52122: mv: deletes src file on error,
Frank Busse <=