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Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2001 08:51:25 +0200
From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: nasty surprise with mv and locked [in use] directories
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In-Reply-To: <3B1887EA.C41F72AE@666.com>; from ben@666.com on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:30:02PM -0700

On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:30:02PM -0700, Ben Wing wrote:
> with the new cygwin 1.3.2, if i try to `mv' a directory that's in use [e.g. i
> cd'd to it in another shell], it starts trying to copy the entire directory
> tree! [i don't know if the same problem was in cygwin 1.1, but i've never seen
> it before]
> 
> this seems like a nasty surprise to me -- and mv of all programs should *not*
> have any nasty surprises in it.  instead, you should simply get `access denied'.

Nice suggestion. Do you have a patch for that?

Corinna

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