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I came across rclone at work because "Copy or move data to Azure Storage by using AzCopy v10" is a lie, it literally can't `move` files, only `copy` them. I ca

I came across rclone at work because "Copy or move data to Azure Storage by using AzCopy v10" is a lie, it literally can't `move` files, only `copy` them. I can't express in polite words how pathetic it is to see the only official blob storage bulk transfer CLI tool from a multi-trillion-dollar company fail to do the simplest, most essential functionality after ten major revisions. Meanwhile, rclone Just Works(tm). Thank you from me too!

stavros 1mo ago
Do not try and move the files; that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth... Delete them after you copy.
- rq1 1mo ago
  Bend the spoon* * for people who don’t know the ref
  - dingdongditchme 1mo ago
    The star only confuses me more...?
    - zdragnar 1mo ago
      It's a pointer to a reference you don't have. Also, a line from a scene in the Matrix.
  - deleted 1mo ago
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- TomatoCo 1mo ago
  Right? If you move between file system or device I would expect "move" to be impossible. At best you could copy a logical block and then delete a logical block. If you share a filesystem then perhaps a logical block is a few hundred kilobytes. If you don't then I'd expect the smallest logical block to be the file itself.
  - inigyou 1mo ago
    Moving on the same filesystem moves the pointer to the file.
    - TomatoCo 1mo ago
      Right! When I wrote that I made a mistake and thought that there were filesystems that used multiple drives but still had the meaningful distinction of "what drive is that file on?" Like, yeah, RAID, several drives, one filesystem, right? Except no, because it's just one virtual device.
- deleted 1mo ago
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- jiggawatts 1mo ago
  > Delete them after you copy. Why is the word “you” in there, as-if that is inherently manual labour for me to carry out? I know! Move is two operations under the hood. Rclone automates this trivial two step action. Azcopy does not.

stavros 1mo ago

Do not try and move the files; that's impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth... Delete them after you copy.

rq1 1mo ago
Bend the spoon* * for people who don’t know the ref
- dingdongditchme 1mo ago
  The star only confuses me more...?
  - zdragnar 1mo ago
    It's a pointer to a reference you don't have. Also, a line from a scene in the Matrix.
- deleted 1mo ago
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TomatoCo 1mo ago
Right? If you move between file system or device I would expect "move" to be impossible. At best you could copy a logical block and then delete a logical block. If you share a filesystem then perhaps a logical block is a few hundred kilobytes. If you don't then I'd expect the smallest logical block to be the file itself.
- inigyou 1mo ago
  Moving on the same filesystem moves the pointer to the file.
  - TomatoCo 1mo ago
    Right! When I wrote that I made a mistake and thought that there were filesystems that used multiple drives but still had the meaningful distinction of "what drive is that file on?" Like, yeah, RAID, several drives, one filesystem, right? Except no, because it's just one virtual device.
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jiggawatts 1mo ago
> Delete them after you copy. Why is the word “you” in there, as-if that is inherently manual labour for me to carry out? I know! Move is two operations under the hood. Rclone automates this trivial two step action. Azcopy does not.