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Re: move all files also with no extension via shell command
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Re: move all files also with no extension via shell command


  • Subject: Re: move all files also with no extension via shell command
  • From: Christopher Nebel <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 09:24:39 -0700

On May 6, 2005, at 8:05 AM, Mark J. Reed wrote:

As long as you're moving files within the same filesystem, the mv command WILL preserve the resource fork.

However, if you're moving across filesystems, mv winds up calling cp behind the scenes, so the resource fork is lost.

Unless you're using Tiger, in which case cp does the right thing.


--Chris Nebel AppleScript and Automator Engineering

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