NAME

mvdir − move a directory

SYNOPSIS

/etc/mvdir dirname  name

HP-UX COMPATIBILITY

Level: HP-UX/NUCLEUS

Origin: System V

Native Language Support:
8−bit filenames.

Remarks: Not supported on the Integral PC. 

DESCRIPTION

Mvdir moves and/or renames directories within a file system.  Dirname must be a directory; name must not exist.  Neither name may be a sub-set of the other (/x/y cannot be moved to /x/y/z, nor vice versa). 

The directory specified by name cannot be a subdirectory of that specified by dirname.  The directory specified by dirname may be a subdirectory of that specified by name, but the notations . and .. must be used in naming the directories, because mvdir does not allow the names of the directories to have the property that one is a subdirectory of the other. 

Only the super-user can use mvdir.

EXAMPLE

The following moves the directory specified by /x/y/z to /a/b/c:

mvdir /x/y/z /a/b/c

SEE ALSO

mkdir(1). 

BUGS

The restriction on names is intended to prevent creation of a (cyclic) sub-tree that cannot be reached from the root.  The test is strictly by name, thus creating such a sub-tree is still possible.  The super-user is cautioned to be very careful in his use of the names . and .. while moving directories. 

Hewlett-Packard  —  last mod. May 11, 2021