Re: COPY onto itself (was: Circular Bindings)

"Geoffrey M. Clemm" wrote:

>    <gmc/> I'd suggest some words to the effect that a COPY should
>    be semantically equivalent to a COPY to a temporary URL (that identifies
>    a null resource) followed by a MOVE from the temporary URL to the
>    destination URL.

Recursion alert: MOVE is defined in terms of COPY.

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Received on Monday, 13 September 1999 12:28:22 UTC