[Linux-disciples] Question about syntax using mv

Adam Rosi-Kessel adam at rosi-kessel.org
Tue Oct 18 14:49:09 EDT 2005


Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 02:43:05PM -0400, Jason Smith wrote:
>> Is that the same as either option I suggested just far more elegant?
> I don't think it is. I believe
> mv ~/foo /bar/foo
> is going to create a directory called /bar/foo/foo .

Right. I think Jason might have been asking about the effect of trailing
slash, which I believe is nil in this case. A trailing slash in the
destination path will make a difference with rsync, however.

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