mvdir able to move /etc

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From: Monte Pickard
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1987 06:32

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Seems to me that allowing /etc/mvdir to move /etc is a bug. 
The script requires that /etc exists to complete successfully.
(This is true in SVR2 and SVR3)
Does anyone agree?

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!hplabs!oblio!monte
From: monte@oblio.UUCP (Monte Pickard)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: mvdir able to move /etc
Message-ID: <376@oblio.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 12-Jan-87 01:32:49 EST
Article-I.D.: oblio.376
Posted: Mon Jan 12 01:32:49 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Jan-87 21:51:44 EST
Organization: Counterpoint Computers, San Jose
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Keywords: mvdir, /etc