Re: bin/44246: enhance mv to work better with xargs

[Edgar Fuß <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/44246; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Edgar =?iso-8859-1?B?RnXf?= <ef%math.uni-bonn.de@localhost>
To: tech-userlevel%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: bin/44246: enhance mv to work better with xargs
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:08:44 +0100

 > > IMO this is not a defect in mv, but a defect in xargs.
 > 
 > I'm inclined to agree that the defect is in xargs
 I'd find this useful in a totally different situation.
 When I type
        mv a b x
 I sometimes feel uncomfortable when I've already entered b, but not yet typed 
x.
 I could nouw type
        mv -t x a b
 without worrying. Other than that, it closer resembles what I think:
 I have to move some files to x, and these file s are a [thinking] and b.