From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@plan9.bell-labs.com>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] mv vs cp
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Date: Sun,  7 Oct 2001 02:35:49 -0400
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> In this case, a "rename" would have been appropriate.  Is it not
> possible to determine whether it would work and resort to cp+rm if
> it doesn't?

How would you determine whether it would work?
How would you specify it to the underlying 9P server?

Don't use kfs rename; it doesn't move files 
between directories.

Russ