From: Minero Aoki <aamine@...>
Date: 2004-12-23T10:04:49+09:00
Subject: Re: All I want to do is move a directory :(

Hi,

  In mail "Re: All I want to do is move a directory :("
  "trans.  (T. Onoma)" <transami@runbox.com> wrote:

> I think the problem may be that the :force option isn't working correctly on 
> FilUtils#mv. Isn't that supposed to force the move even if the file/directory 
> is already there?

It depends on what is the *correct* behavior.
At least GNU mv does not overwrite directory:

  % find
  .
  ./trash
  ./trash/a
  ./trash/a/test
  ./a
  ./a/test
  ./a/test2
  % mv a trash
  mv: cannot overwrite directory `trash/a'
  % mv -f a trash
  mv: cannot overwrite directory `trash/a'
  % find
  .
  ./trash
  ./trash/a
  ./trash/a/test
  ./a
  ./a/test
  ./a/test2
  %

In my opinion, :force option ensures only that #mv does not
raise exception, it does not imply continuing process.


Regards,
Minero Aoki