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As I'm pretty used to the Linux terminal, I set up a bash shell on my Windows XP command prompt by following the instructions in this article:
http://www.techsutram.com/2009/05/bash-environment-on-windows-this-is-not.html
I particularly wanted to settle for something light and compact and I get the impression that Cygwin is a pretty large distribution which I wanted to avoid.
It works really well for the most part but when trying to move a directory like this:
mv directory/another_directory .
I get:
mv: can't open directory/another_directory
I realise that this could be a distribution specific issue but if anyone has come across something similar could you please help?
It's odd because I have no problems renaming directories or moving files. Only when trying to move a directory.
Many thanks!
Nobilis
Posted 2012-12-21T11:41:12.063
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what happens when you cd to the sub_dir and try
mving it that way? – mcalex – 2012-12-21T11:51:52.857I've downloaded a newer version of 'mv' and this seems to have fixed it, as the older one is dated at 1997, I assume it's a compatibility issue. Not sure what's going on underneath :)
With the older one, moving the directory from its parent directory didn't work either. – Nobilis – 2012-12-21T12:02:33.950
@Nobilis Isn't a
mvsyntax like this:mv -t target_dir source_dir? – mnmnc – 2012-12-21T12:07:13.497mv version from 1997? O_o i'm surprised it worked at all. – mnmnc – 2012-12-21T12:10:42.950
@mnmnc You can use the syntax above for moving directories too, I guess the -t option has been added so that the user is certain the files will be moved, not renamed. -t isn't a possible option for this 'mv' util under Windows though.
The online man page for mv has the following for it:
mv [OPTION]... [-T] SOURCE DESTmv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORYmv [OPTION]... -t DIRECTORY SOURCE...– Nobilis – 2012-12-21T12:12:23.280@mnmnc that is the syntax used (except for the optional -t). Notice the terminating dot? – mcalex – 2012-12-21T13:16:22.493