Re: a bug on moving files with "Files" in Gnome environment
Greg wrote:
> 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?
No. Same filesystem, regardless of disk: move. Different
filesystem, regardless of disk: copy+delete.
-dsr-
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