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From: Dan_Jacobson@ATT.COM
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Limitations of cp and mv?
Message-ID: <1991May18.201758.1295@cbfsb.att.com>
Date: 18 May 91 20:17:58 GMT
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In-Reply-To: urban@cbnewsl.att.com's message of Fri, 17 May 1991 12: 54:35 GMT
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>>>>> On Fri, 17 May 1991 12:54:35 GMT, urban@cbnewsl.att.com (john.urban) said:

john.urban> mv(1) has changed between 3.2 and 4.0.  Prior to 4.0, you
john.urban> could not even mv directories within a filesystem!

Well, you could rename directories:

ihlpz 15:18 1..mail> cd /tmp
ihlpz 15:19 1./tmp> mkdir a
ihlpz 15:19 1./tmp> mv a b
ihlpz 15:19 1./tmp> mv b /usr/tmp/b
mv: directory rename only
2ihlpz 15:19 1./tmp> uname -a
uts ihlpz 5.2.6b 5 5890