What happens when I copy or move a file between different directories of a SMB file server?

Question

I'm wondering if moving or copying files between directories that belong to the same SMB server involves the files moving over the network from the original directory to my pc, and then again from my pc to the destination directory.

For example, what will happen when I copy the file "foo.bar" from the directory \\192.168.1.1\foo to the directory \\192.168.1.1\bar ?

Answer 1

The copy will transfer from one directory to the other through your machine. This seems counter intuitive since the source and destination are on the same machine, but the remote machine is not aware of this.