tag 17372 notabug thanks On 04/29/2014 08:34 AM, Scott Brunner wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Not sure I'm in the right place - but - I'm having a problem with the "mv" > command in Cygwin's Unix emmulator... Yes, this is the right place; you'd see the same behavior on Linux, which means it is not cygwin-specific (if you do encounter something that you cannot reproduce on Linux, then the cygwin lists are a better place for that question). > The man page directed me to this address... I have a bunch of files that all > start with the "-" character (-moo, -moo1, -moo2)... Obviously the "-" is > treated as a switch in the Unix world - so you can't do simple moves as you > would in Solaris... I'm not sure if the goal of your GNU release is supposed > to match the functionality of Unix but I just wanted to point this out in > case you were unaware... > > In Solaris - this works: > > mv -f - '-moo' SCO-moo That behavior is not required by POSIX. But what POSIX _does_ require is that: mv -f -- -moo SCO-moo does the right thing, and GNU mv complies with that. You can also use: mv -f ./-moo SCO-moo You have asked a FAQ; for more details: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/faq/coreutils-faq.html#I-have-a-file-called-_002d_002dhelp_002e-How-do-I-remove-it_003f Therefore, I'm closing this as not a bug, although you can continue to respond to the thread if you have more questions on the topic. -- Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266 Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org
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