mv(1) may delete more than it should
Bug #48066 reported by
Johan Kiviniemi
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| coreutils |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| coreutils (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Wishlist
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
1) mv huge_directory /nfs_mountpoint
2) During the transfer, mv other_directory huge_directory
3) After the first mv process has completed, it removes huge_directory, including huge_directory/
Expected result:
3) After the first mv process has completed, it should print "Cannot delete huge_directory: directory not empty". The remaining huge_directory should only contain other_directory.
The target doesn't need to be a NFS mountpoint. One was only used as an example.
Revision history for this message
| Emmet Hikory (persia) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in coreutils: | |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
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This has been the behaviour of mv since it supported migration between filesystems. Until this is addressed, a simple workaround is to always use `mkdir nfsmountpoint/