Re: [Bug-fileutils] "mv" command -- Unexpected Behavior on Linux

[Lenny Mastrototaro]

On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 09:21:27AM +0200, Jim Meyering wrote:
> Thanks for the report.
> There is a bug in mv from fileutils-4.0 that would strike
> when moving a directory into itself.
>
> You mention 4.0p.  However, not all of the reports in this thread
> appear to be using that version.  In particular, this message
>   mv: web/web/d1: won't create hard link `web/web' to directory `(null)'
> must have been produced by an earlier version (probably 4.0).

Jim,

As you suspect, I was using:

    $ mv --version
    
        mv (GNU fileutils) 4.0 
    
which is what `ships' with Redhat Linux 6.1 in the rpm fileutils-4.0-8.
Redhat Linux 6.2 ships with 4.0 as well in the rpm fileutils-4.0-21.

Regards,
Lenny

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