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From: Fraser Wilson <blancolioni@blancolioni.org>
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Subject: Re: rename missing in Text_IO
Date: 09 May 2001 15:04:45 -0700
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charleshixson@earthling.net (Charles Hixson) writes:

> But if what we are considering is what an Ada Library Package 
> should look like, then there's no reason to copy the low level 
> features of an operating system.  And the semantics of the mv 
> command is generally superior.  A program should not need to 
> know the details of the disk layout. 

The problem is that a rename or move on the same disk is significantly
cheaper than one that crosses disks.  It's also a much safer
operation.  I think the implementation detail line is quite fuzzy
here.

More generally, the destination might not even be a disk filesystem;
it could be a remote ftp site or /proc on Linux.  Does a move/rename
even make sense in those cases?

Fraser.