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mv: inter-device move makes moving a directory to a directory with same name a different operation?
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Mar 15, 202622348 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Given: # mv /mnt/hard/git-src/ /usr/portage/distfiles/ mv: inter-device move failed: /usr/portage/distfiles/git-src'; unable to remove target: Is a directory And cd /tmp; mkdir a b; mdkir a/c b/c; touch a/c/1 b/c/1 mv a/c b/ mv: cannot move b/c': File exists rm a/c/1 b/c/1 mv a/c b/ So moving a dir…
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/mnt/hard/git-src/' to
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Fix for: mv: inter-device move makes moving a directory to a directory with same name a different operation?
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on the same filesystem means moving a single directory entry from one directory to another. across filesystems means copying the whole source tree and removing source files after they have been copied. The algorithm and code are different in the two…
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