Re: [9fans] mv vs cp

[davel@luchie-chowchows.demon.co.uk]

On Tue, Oct 09, 2001 at 03:58:47PM +0000, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> I'm not expert in Plan 9, but it seems to me that it breaks it for the
> user.

"The user"?
You mean there's only one?!?:-)
Most of the people who have been complaining are not typical "users".

In reality, I doubt that most users want to move large directories around.
(In my experience, most Windows users just leave files wherever
  the application drops them and then complain when they can't find them ...)

Plan9's ability to present a flexible view of the file system
probably obviates most reasons to want to shuffle directories around.

Also, to be brutal for a minute,
why *do* people want to move directories around:
why not just put them in the right place to start with?

The only time I can remember needing to move large directories
was when i needed to balance NFS servers,
i.e. relocating them from one file server or volume to another ...

> Is this just an example of the "New Jersey" preference for simplicity 
> of implementation over the "Cambridge" preference for correctness and
> completeness?

No polite comment available:-).

Cheers,
	Dave.