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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Desktop file "flies" away
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2024 08:10:04 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 30 Aug 2024 02:16:14 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> On 8/29/24 11:03 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 27 Aug 2024 21:21:09 -0400, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>> 
>>> Indeed pure genius. GUI file-managers make this all
>>> the easier. Cut tree, paste tree into the same dir.
>> 
>> GUI or no GUI, the kernel won’t let you move a directory into itself.
> 
> Yet SOMEHOW it gets done - seen it ... must be certain things
> that fool the kernel's logic.

Not a chance.