Where is the alternative to the broken mv command? (Directory not empty)
by browny_amiga from LinuxQuestions.org on (#55HSM)
So,
looks like I'm the only person on earth that wants a improved mv command from this century/millennium that properly obeys the --force flag and just gets the job of moving files done?
To explain: Mv can't move anything into an existing directory, even when specifying the --force flag.
Like so many, I spend a few hours wasted and flubbergasted, exclaiming "WHY DOESN'T THIS WORK PROPERLY???"
Using the rsync command is a totally unacceptable and really ugly workaround for a problem that has existed for decades.
Using rsync is like having the electrician refuse to do a basic job (connecting several electrical outlets in a house) on the base of some technicality and then having to ask the delivery boy, which then gets the job done.
Why isn't there a mvng commmand that works properly? Do I have to build it?
I hope one day to read on the Linux Stack Exchange page on this bug
"Just use mvng" Problem solved"
looks like I'm the only person on earth that wants a improved mv command from this century/millennium that properly obeys the --force flag and just gets the job of moving files done?
To explain: Mv can't move anything into an existing directory, even when specifying the --force flag.
Like so many, I spend a few hours wasted and flubbergasted, exclaiming "WHY DOESN'T THIS WORK PROPERLY???"
Using the rsync command is a totally unacceptable and really ugly workaround for a problem that has existed for decades.
Using rsync is like having the electrician refuse to do a basic job (connecting several electrical outlets in a house) on the base of some technicality and then having to ask the delivery boy, which then gets the job done.
Why isn't there a mvng commmand that works properly? Do I have to build it?
I hope one day to read on the Linux Stack Exchange page on this bug
"Just use mvng" Problem solved"