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Re: the mv trap

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From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: the mv trap
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:35:40 +0200
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On 2007-08-12 20:57:13 +0000, zzapper wrote:
> Hi
> One of unix's little traps is when you intended to move some files to a 
> directory but you mis-typed the destination directory and instead copied all 
> your files to a file created with the mistyped folder name as name. In fact 
> this file becomes a kind of a black-hole for all but the last listed files
> 
> This is made worse if you don't notice your error.
> 
> Is there any Zsh solution/warning to this ?
> 
> > mv x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 directory

Your mv is buggy. It must report the error and must not do any change
on your files.

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