[Haskell-cafe] How to move files?

[YueCompl]

> Catch that error, and copy-and-delete.

I suggest this is typical EAFP (Easier to ask for forgiveness than permission) coding style from Zen of Python
http://docs.python.org//glossary.html#term-eafp <http://docs.python.org//glossary.html#term-eafp>

I'm very curious to know how Haskellers think and do about it?

Is there something close to Zen of Haskell?


> On 2021-04-15, at 13:08, Donn Cave <donn at avvanta.com> wrote:
> 
>>> I don't know how to detect whether two filepaths are in the same 
>>> filesystem.
> 
> Yes you do!
> 
>>> If I use System.Directory.renameFile and the final location is in 
>>> another filesystem, I'll get an error "renameFile:renamePath:rename: 
>>> unsupported operation (Invalid cross-device link)".
> 
> And it follows that if you get no error, the two filepaths are in the
> same filesystem
> 
>>> What's the best way to move the file if possible but copy-and-delete 
>>> if necessary?
> 
> Catch that error, and copy-and-delete.
> 
> 	Donn
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