Mark, what about my example here:

So, I made a directory called '_00aaa' in /empeg/fids1/ and /empeg/fids0, and made a file called 'aaa' in /empeg/fids1. Then, I ran "mv /empeg/fids1/* /empeg/fids0/", and the 'aaa' file is totally gone. It's not in /empeg/fids0, not in /empeg/fids0/_00aaa, not in /empeg/fids1, not in /empeg/fids1/_00aaa, not anywhere.

In this example, there's not a collision with any other name at all, at least not where it's supposed to be going. Also, it's not like I only saw the most recent fids to be copied to the destination directory. I didn't see any.

Here's another example I just did:

empeg:/# mkdir /empeg/fids1/_90120

empeg:/# mkdir /empeg/fids0/_90120

empeg:/# cp /proc/empeg_notify /empeg/fids1/_90120/666

empeg:/# ls /empeg/fids1/_90120/

666

empeg:/# mv /empeg/fids1/_90120/* /empeg/fids0/

empeg:/# ls /empeg/fids1/_90120/

empeg:/# ls /empeg/fids1/       

_00000	_00005	_0000a	_0000f	_00014	_00019	_0001e	_00028	_00035

_00001	_00006	_0000b	_00010	_00015	_0001a	_00023	_00029	_90120

_00002	_00007	_0000c	_00011	_00016	_0001b	_00025	_0002a

_00003	_00008	_0000d	_00012	_00017	_0001c	_00026	_00033

_00004	_00009	_0000e	_00013	_00018	_0001d	_00027	_00034

empeg:/# ls /empeg/fids0/

_00000	_00006	_0000c	_00012	_00018	_0001e	_00024	_0002a	_00032

_00001	_00007	_0000d	_00013	_00019	_0001f	_00025	_0002b	_00033

_00002	_00008	_0000e	_00014	_0001a	_00020	_00026	_0002c	_00034

_00003	_00009	_0000f	_00015	_0001b	_00021	_00027	_0002d	_00035

_00004	_0000a	_00010	_00016	_0001c	_00022	_00028	_0002e	_90120

_00005	_0000b	_00011	_00017	_0001d	_00023	_00029	_0002f

empeg:/# ls /empeg/fids0/_90120/

empeg:/# 

So where did it go? I sincerely apologize if I'm still having a brain fart here, but shouldn't the '666' file be in /empeg/fids0/? If not why? Thanks in advance for everyone's patience, but it still looks fishy to me.



edit: fixed formatting