[UCLA-LUG] recycle bin

[Todd A. Lyons]

mike chan wrote:

> also, it should be noted that when you "move" the file, it usually doesn't
> move at all.. just the information regarding the file (the directory it
> resides in) is changed... that's why when you move a 600 meg file on the
> same partition, it executes VERY quickly, whereas a copy takes a long time..

Yes, but it's only that fast if you're moving within the same
partition.  A typical system will have a /home, /usr, /usr/local, and
maybe a /var in addition to the / partition.  mv does a regular
copy/verify/delete when going across partitions.
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