In article <20061018224540.1293d4b1.jklowden@schemamania.org>,
James K. Lowden <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org> wrote:
>Christos Zoulas wrote:
>> >Does anyone else think ^C should kill mv(1), first time, every
>> >time?
>> 
>> Yes, and it does... I don't know why it did not in your case.
>> If you look in the source for mv.c it just forks and execs cp and rm
>> when source and destination are not in the same filesystem.
>
>Beggin' to differ with you, Captain.  I showed you the errors from mv.  I
>showed you the process from ps.  I told you it kept copying the files. 
>I'm sure we agree my process wasn't killed, as that term is commonly
>understood.  ;-)
>
>The mv process died; I got back control as soon as I pressed ^C.  It was
>evidently the exec'ed child that was invulnerable.  Several files had been
>copied, so it wouldn't seem to be a question of timing.  
>
>Is it possible that the target filesystem (smbfs) is significant?  

It is possible; because I just tested it on ffs and it works as expected.

christos