Re: Moving Files

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Re^2: Moving Files by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 07, 2008 at 16:42 UTC
The advantage is that on (modern) systems, `mv` works if the target location is on a different device than the original file. `rename` fails.	[reply]
Re^3: Moving Files by kyle (Abbot) on Aug 07, 2008 at 17:06 UTC
If that's a concern, use `File::Copy::move`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Moving Files by JavaFan (Canon) on Aug 07, 2008 at 17:22 UTC
Hmmm, let's not, shall we? At least, not if you care about your permission bits. `$ touch /tmp/foo $ chmod -w+x /tmp/foo $ ls -l /tmp/foo $ -r-x------ 1 javafan staff 0 Aug 7 18:16 /tmp/foo $ perl -MFile::Copy -wE 'move "/tmp/foo", "/var/tmp/foo"' $ ls -l /var/tmp/foo $ -rw------- 1 javafan staff 0 Aug 7 18:16 /var/tmp/foo` [download] But with `mv`: `$ touch /tmp/foo $ chmod -w+x /tmp/foo $ ls -l /tmp/foo $ -r-x------ 1 javafan staff 0 Aug 7 18:18 /tmp/foo $ mv /tmp/foo /var/tmp/foo $ ls -l /var/tmp/foo $ -r-x------ 1 javafan staff 0 Aug 7 18:18 /var/tmp/foo` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: Moving Files by Lawliet (Curate) on Aug 07, 2008 at 16:39 UTC
Ouch. Low blow -.- :P `<(^.^-<) <(-^.^<) <(-^.^-)> (>^.^-)> (>-^.^)>`	[reply] [d/l]