Re: Bug#479764: shell builtin mv fails to move files across devices

[martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org>]

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also sprach Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> [2008.05.06.1645 +0100]:
> I'd rather we didn't.  rename(2) is atomic, but there's no
> reasonable way to make cp+rm be so, and I think it's better if the
> user is forced to be aware of the issue.
> 
> Also note that "cp" is (intentionally) NOT one of the commands
> supplied by the zsh/files module, so changing mv means
> implementing cp.

What, if I may ask, is the purpose of zsh/files?

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