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Bug #13978
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mv / cp should support arbitrary path lengths when crossing filesystems
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New
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Normal
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Category:
cmd - userland programs
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Description
Currently, mv(1) and cp(1) (same code -- binary name controls whether mv or cp behavior is used) are limited by PATH_MAX when the source and destination paths reside on different filesystems (for mv(1), mv must copy+unlink to when crossing filesystems). This prevents using either command on hierarchies that exceed PATH_MAX. With zfs and/or zones, this is possible to encounter with no good alternative.
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