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From: cc1@valhalla.cs.ucla.edu (Michael Gersten)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: mvdir: where is it, how can I get it?
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Date: 14 Sep 88 05:09:42 GMT
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In article <1050@virginia.acc.virginia.edu> scl@virginia.acc.Virginia.EDU (Steve Losen) writes:
>In article <15911@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> cc1@CS.UCLA.EDU (Michael Gersten) writes:
>> [a ten line program to move a file deleted]
>
>Moving a directory around takes a little more effort than the folks at
>AT&T were willing to put forth, I suppose.  Besides just moving the
>the directory itself, you must fix its ".." entry.  Another problem is
> [...]

Well, thats not my point. Yes, I did miss some obvious problems with my 
little "mv" program. BUT
A) The code was in mv way back in V7, and probably V6.
B) Sys 3 and sys 5 machines normally have a "mvdir" program that does this.
C) In the 18 pages of "How the 3b1 differs from 5.2", we see:

mvdir: This command exists for 5.2 but is not on the 3b1.

We also see the same thing for "at".

Now for the $128 question: Does anyone have a copy of "at" and "atrun" that
they can give out for the 3b1?

>I have modified mv/cp/ln and /usr/lib/mv_dir to correctly move
>directories.  (not just rename them)  If anyone with an AT&T sysV source
>licence wants it, I'll be happy to give it to you.  I've also
>implemented the Berkeley "-i" option that asks for confirmation before
>clobbering an existing file.

Tell ya what: I have a binary license, so could you give me the binaries?
			Michael