Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Minor quibbles

[Aaron Bentley]

Pierce T.Wetter III wrote:

>  Well, having move-id didn't make sense, because move does that...

move is an alias, though.  move-id is the true name of the command.  You 
can more convincingly say "having move doesn't make sense, because 
move-id does that..."

I haven't looked at older verions of Arch, but I suspect move was the 
original name, and move-id was invented to clarify its purpose.

>  Personally, I'm for getting rid of move as well. In fact, ignoring 
> previous history:
>
>  mv   (both moves the file, and moves the id)
>  mv-id  (just moves the id)
>  mv --id  (just moves the id, note the space, this is an "option" to mv)
>  mv -id   (just moves the id, note the space, this is an "option" to mv)

The -id option violates tla's syntax standards, and I very much doubt it 
would be accepted.  I don't understand the motivation for having mv-id 
and mv --id forms, but it wouldn't bother me that way.

Aaron
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