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mv prints absolute path instead of binary name on error

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U - mv
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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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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
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
48/100

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