From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Mike Haertel <mike@ducky.net>
Message-Id: <200110080545.f985jOg95495@ducky.net>
To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu
Subject: Re: [9fans] mv vs cp
In-Reply-To: <20011008050535.4DEB9199B5@mail.cse.psu.edu>
Date: Sun,  7 Oct 2001 22:45:24 -0700
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>How often do you do a move of a whole tree, not just a rename?
>I can't remember the last time I did other than a rename or a copy
>of a few files. But I'm probably not the average user and I don't
>ever use a local disc.

Often.  This is one of the things that most irritates me about Plan 9.

In particular, the oft-cited idiom of using tar to copy the hierarchy
is especially undesirable under Plan 9 because it generates lots of
garbage that will fill up your dump filesystem much faster.

To what extent do you think your expectations and habits are shaped by
the limitations of your tools?