Re: a bug on moving files with "Files" in Gnome environment
On 2025-07-11, Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:
> Greg (HE12025-07-11):
>> On 2025-07-11, Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > If the target location is on a different filesystem, a "move" is
>> > a full copy followed by a delete of the source.
>> Is that true?
>
> Yes, absoltely.
>
>> If the source is deleted as part of the process it's no longer a "copy."
>
> Indeed. And you might notice it is exactly what Dan said.
Does that mean to a different filesystem on the same disk it's a move rather
than a copy?
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