thanks.. but for me that shows the same device inside and outside a --bind, unfortunately that doesn't provide a clue that mv will copy&delete instead of rename. On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 19:55, Brad <brad+tclug at mifflinet.net<brad%2Btclug at mifflinet.net> > wrote: > you can use "stat -c %d FILENAME" -- compare for both files. i just > tested and it works for me showing the real device under a bind mount. > > On Tue Nov 16, 2010 at 10:22:13AM -0600, gregwm wrote: > > can anyone show me a bash test to put before mv that will tell whether mv > > will do a simple rename or a copy and delete? for example for mv into a > > --bind mount, df reports both locations as within the same fs, yet mv > will > > copy and delete. the best test I can think of would create a file, mv > and > > see what happens. can anyone concoct an accurate test that doesn't need > to > > create a test file? (or perhaps reveal an mv alternative..) > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20101202/dc9f5c75/attachment.htm