mv prints absolute path instead of binary name on error
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Description
uutils mv:
$ mv foo Foo
/run/current-system/sw/bin/mv: cannot move 'foo' to a subdirectory of itself, 'Foo/foo'
GNU mv:
$ mv foo Foo
mv: cannot move 'foo' to a subdirectory of itself, 'Foo/foo'
uutils coreutils mv 0.0.30
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Research direction
Reproduce the reported mv foo Foo command and inspect the mv implementation's error-reporting entry point. Compare the displayed program name with GNU mv; done means the error begins with mv rather than /run/current-system/sw/bin/mv while preserving the rest of the message.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100