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I'd say this is a huge advantage. In fact, I'd say mv is only better if the target and source are in the same partition, so that mv only edits the file's metadata instead of doing a copy.

nomen
– nomen

2018-05-30 23:30:06 +00:00
Commented May 30, 2018 at 23:30
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One time I need rsync rather than mv is when I want to preserve the folder structure (if you use --relative).

Sridhar Sarnobat
– Sridhar Sarnobat

2018-10-07 05:30:28 +00:00
Commented Oct 7, 2018 at 5:30
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rsync can though preserve hard links within moved contents, if you ask it to do, while mv cannot.

Mauro Molinari
– Mauro Molinari

2022-01-17 09:19:58 +00:00
Commented Jan 17, 2022 at 9:19

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