[Cockbrand]

The Finder has an interesting take on this: copy a file with ⌘C, then move it somewhere with ⌥⌘V. This is much nicer than the Windows Explorer's CTRL+X and CTRL+V, where the user is unsure what happens when they never paste the file.

[Cyberdog]

What does happen if you never paste the file?

It feels to me like cut/copy (in the clipboard manipulation sense)/paste are nonsensical operations on files in the first place.

[recursive]

Nothing.

[Cyberdog]

So the "cut" file just disappears then? Is there an "undo?" That seems really horrifying.

[recursive]

No. The file disappearing is something. If you cut, and don't paste, nothing happens. And there is nothing to undo.

[Cyberdog]

So the "cut" file doesn't disappear from its directory when you "cut" it? Only when it's pasted?

[recursive]

Yes. That is what happens.