From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: bdc@world.std.com (Brian Chase) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 19:10:18 -0700 Subject: History of Unix mv. Message-ID: When was the "mv" command first updated to do a copy/remove for regular files being moved across filesystems? -brian. --- Brian Chase | bdc at world.std.com | http://world.std.com/~bdc/ ----- Received: (from major at localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA98999 for pups-liszt; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:23:30 +1000 (EST) Received: from henry.cs.adfa.edu.au (henry.cs.adfa.edu.au [131.236.21.158]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id MAA98993 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:23:18 +1000 (EST) Received: (from wkt at localhost) by henry.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.2/8.9.3) id MAA11845; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:23:11 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from wkt) From: Warren Toomey Message-Id: <200004270223.MAA11845 at henry.cs.adfa.edu.au> Subject: Re: History of Unix mv. In-Reply-To: from Brian Chase at "Apr 26, 2000 7:10:18 pm" To: bdc at world.std.com (Brian Chase) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 12:23:11 +1000 (EST) Cc: pups at minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au Reply-To: wkt at cs.adfa.edu.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-pups at minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Precedence: bulk In article by Brian Chase: > When was the "mv" command first updated to do a copy/remove for regular > files being moved across filesystems? > -brian. V2 mv(1) manual says files can't be moved across filesystems. V3 mv(1) manual doesn't say either way. V4 mv(1) manual says the file will be copied and the original deleted. V5 mv(1) source code exec's cp(1) when the destination is on a different filesystem. Warren Received: (from major at localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA00577 for pups-liszt; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:20:01 +1000 (EST) Received: from europe.std.com (europe.std.com [199.172.62.20]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA00567 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:19:51 +1000 (EST) Received: from world.std.com (bdc at world-f.std.com [199.172.62.5]) by europe.std.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA13645; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 02:19:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (bdc at localhost) by world.std.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id CAA19153; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 02:19:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2000 23:19:43 -0700 From: Brian Chase To: Warren Toomey cc: pups at minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au Subject: Re: History of Unix mv. In-Reply-To: <200004270223.MAA11845 at henry.cs.adfa.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-pups at minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Precedence: bulk On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Warren Toomey wrote: > In article by Brian Chase: > > When was the "mv" command first updated to do a copy/remove for regular > > files being moved across filesystems? > > -brian. > > V2 mv(1) manual says files can't be moved across filesystems. V3 mv(1) > manual doesn't say either way. V4 mv(1) manual says the file will be > copied and the original deleted. V5 mv(1) source code exec's cp(1) when > the destination is on a different filesystem. So wait. I need some clarification here. When you say V2, V3, V4, etc.. do you mean 2nd Ed, 3rd Ed, 4th Ed Unix? -brian. Received: (from major at localhost) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA00629 for pups-liszt; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:22:57 +1000 (EST) Received: from henry.cs.adfa.edu.au (henry.cs.adfa.edu.au [131.236.21.158]) by minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id QAA00623 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:22:47 +1000 (EST) Received: (from wkt at localhost) by henry.cs.adfa.edu.au (8.9.2/8.9.3) id QAA13320; Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:22:42 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from wkt) From: Warren Toomey Message-Id: <200004270622.QAA13320 at henry.cs.adfa.edu.au> Subject: Re: History of Unix mv. In-Reply-To: from Brian Chase at "Apr 26, 2000 11:19:43 pm" To: bdc at world.std.com (Brian Chase) Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:22:42 +1000 (EST) Cc: pups at minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au (Unix Heritage Society) Reply-To: wkt at cs.adfa.edu.au X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL43 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-pups at minnie.cs.adfa.edu.au Precedence: bulk In article by Brian Chase: > > V2 mv(1) manual says files can't be moved across filesystems. V3 mv(1) > > manual doesn't say either way. V4 mv(1) manual says the file will be > > copied and the original deleted. V5 mv(1) source code exec's cp(1) when > > the destination is on a different filesystem. > > So wait. I need some clarification here. When you say V2, V3, V4, etc.. > do you mean 2nd Ed, 3rd Ed, 4th Ed Unix? > -brian. Yup, 2nd Edition == 2e == V2. 1st Edition November 3, 1971 2nd Edition June 12, 1972 3rd Edition February, 1973 4th Edition November, 1973 5th Edition June, 1974 6th Edition May, 1975 7th Edition January, 1979 8th Edition February, 1985 9th Edition September, 1986 10th Edition October, 1989 Cheers, Warren