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Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths
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Kaz Kylheku |
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Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths |
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Fri, 01 Mar 2024 19:50:49 -0800 |
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On 2024-03-01 01:18, Pádraig Brady wrote:
> I agree this is useful functionality,
> but the thinking is we should add this to a "replace" utility
> rather than to mv.
I made a "swap file-a file-b" utility in the early 1990s.
Needless to say, there was no system call for doing it atomically.
I didn't find it useful at all, and the code fell by the wayside.
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, (continued)
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Petr Malat, 2024/03/01
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Rob Landley, 2024/03/01
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Pádraig Brady, 2024/03/02
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Dominique Martinet, 2024/03/02
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Pádraig Brady, 2024/03/02
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Petr Malat, 2024/03/02
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Pádraig Brady, 2024/03/03
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Rob Landley, 2024/03/02
- Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Petr Malat, 2024/03/02
Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths, Rob Landley, 2024/03/01
Re: [PATCH] mv: add --swap (-s) option to atomically swap 2 paths,
Kaz Kylheku <=