mv(1)                          DG/UX 5.4R3.00                          mv(1)


NAME
       mv - move files

SYNOPSIS
       mv [ -f ] [ -i ] file1 [ file2 ...] target

DESCRIPTION
       The mv command moves filen to target.  filen and target may not have
       the same name.  (Care must be taken when using sh(1) metacharacters).
       If target is not a directory, only one file may be specified before
       it; if it is a directory, more than one file may be specified.  If
       target does not exist, mv creates a file named target.  If target
       exists and is not a directory, its contents are overwritten.  If
       target is a directory the file(s) are moved to that directory.

       If mv determines that the mode of target forbids writing, it will
       print the mode (see chmod(2)), ask for a response, and read the
       standard input for one line.  If the line begins with y, the mv
       occurs, if permissible; otherwise, the command exits.  When the
       parent directory of filen is writable and has the sticky bit set, one
       or more of the following conditions must be true:

            the user must own the file
            the user must own the directory
            the file must be writable by the user
            the user must be a privileged user

       The following options are recognized:


       -i     mv will prompt for confirmation whenever the move would
              overwrite an existing target.  A y answer means that the move
              should proceed.  Any other answer prevents mv from overwriting
              the target.

       -f     mv will move the file(s) without prompting even if it is
              writing over an existing target.  This option overrides the -i
              option.  Note that this is the default if the standard input
              is not a terminal.

       If filen is a directory, target must be a directory in the same
       physical file system.  target and filen do not have to share the same
       parent directory.

       If filen is a file and target is a link to another file with links,
       the other links remain and target becomes a new file.

NOTES
       If filen and target are on different file systems, mv copies the file
       and deletes the original; any links to other files are lost.

       A -- permits the user to mark explicitly the end of any command line
       options, allowing mv to recognize filename arguments that begin with
       a -.  As an aid to BSD migration, mv will accept - as a synonym for



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       --.  This migration aid may disappear in a future release.  If a --
       and a - both appear on the same command line, the second will be
       interpreted as a filename.

SEE ALSO
       chmod(1), cp(1), cpio(1), ln(1), rm(1).



















































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