Re: Mv is destructive

[email protected] (Bob Proulx) Wed, 18 Sep 2002 23:28:24 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.comp.gnu.fileutils.bugs
Message-ID	<[email protected]>

Harry <[email protected]> [2002-09-18 11:42:57 -0700]:
> I am in a directory, and I type
> 
> mv ../../filename
> 
> And I omitted the destination on accident.  My file is now gone, where
> is it?  Why does mv delete it?  I makes no sense if I don't have a
> second parameter as a destination.

What version of mv are you using?

  mv --version

My version of mv says the following:

  mv --version
  mv (fileutils) 4.1

  mv ../../filename
  mv: missing file argument
  Try `mv --help' for more information.

Bob