History of Unix mv.
Warren Toomey
wkt at cs.adfa.edu.au
Thu Apr 27 12:23:11 AEST 2000
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
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