std/fs/move should handle moving across mounts/devices
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Description
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
currently you cannot use `Deno.rename` to `move` a file or directory across mounts/devices:
> error: Uncaught (in promise) Error: Invalid cross-device link (os error 18)
await Deno.rename(src, dest);
^
at deno:core/01_core.js:106:46
at unwrapOpResult (deno:core/01_core.js:126:13)
at async Object.rename (deno:runtime/js/30_fs.js:172:5)
at async move (https://deno.land/std@0.102.0/fs/move.ts:33:3)
this is not the case with the `mv` command: `mv uses cp(1) and rm(1)`
**Describe the solution you'd like**
make Deno.rename match `mv`.
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