#782986 vidir: fails to move/rename 'dir' to 'dir/subdir'

Package:
moreutils
Source:
moreutils
Description:
additional Unix utilities
Submitter:
Nicolas Schier
Date:
2015-04-20 06:51:06 UTC
Severity:
normal
#782986#5
Date:
2015-04-20 06:42:39 UTC
From:
To:
When attempting to move/rename a directory's content to a subdirectory
hierarchy with its 'old' name as first component, vidir fails:

	mkdir dir
	EDITOR='sed -i -e s,dir,dir/subdir,' vidir -v

results in

	/usr/bin/vidir: failed to rename ./dir to ./dir/subdir: Invalid argument

.