Bug 456661

Summary:	i used mv command but it delete and cp command and it done nothing!!
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	erfan bonyadi <erfan_bo>
Component:	coreutils	Assignee:	Ondrej Vasik <ovasik>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	9	CC:	twaugh
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Description erfan bonyadi 2008-07-25 12:58:59 UTC

Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):fedora 9 2.6.25-14

hi there
take a look at this simple command !!
first:

[root@localhost Tools]# mv -v i686-rh73-gcc32.tgz /Rar
mv: overwrite `/Rar'? y
`i686-rh73-gcc32.tgz' -> `/Rar'
removed `i686-rh73-gcc32.tgz'

i checked .bashrc every thing is right !! so Y my files are deleted insted of
being moved to the /Rar directory?

secend:

[root@localhost Tools]# cp INSTALL /Rar
cp: overwrite `/Rar'? y

and nothing happend!! Y?

  
Actual results:deleted


Expected results:move


Additional info:the same is about the cp command but it do nothing !!

Comment 1 Caolan McNamara 2008-07-25 13:13:31 UTC

mv and cp are from "coreutils" (rpm -qf `which mv`) and not mythes-sk, or
4Suite. From you messages, I'd say that "/Rar" is not a directory, but a file,
hence the "overwrite" warnings.

Comment 2 Ondrej Vasik 2008-07-25 13:39:22 UTC

As explained in comment #1 everything works as expected. In first command you
moved file i686-rh73-gcc32.tgz into file /Rar . In second command you have
copied file INSTALL to the file /Rar and you replaced that file. If you want to
move file to certain path, be sure that the destination path exists (is created
by mkdir command). I would recommend you to read some basic linux commands howto
prior to prevent another unwanted accidents. Closing NOTABUG.