[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] MKS Toolkit related question

fisher@sc2a.unige.ch (02/11/91)

In article <29941@usc>, ajayshah@alhena.usc.edu (Ajay Shah) writes:
> 
> Is there a "deep" reason why the mv of MKS toolkit doesn't allow
> you to mv a directory the way the Unix mv does?
> 
The "deep" reason is that the underlying MS-DOS function call doesn't
allow it.  To implement a directory-move, you can either rewrite some
of the file managment functions (which are very version-dependant) or
change the directory to a normal file during the move (quite a risky
thing to do!).

Markus Fischer, Dpt of Anthropology, Geneva CH