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1.1       root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
                      2: .\" All rights reserved.  The Berkeley software License Agreement
                      3: .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution.
                      4: .\"
                      5: .\"    @(#)mv.1        6.1 (Berkeley) 4/29/85
                      6: .\"
                      7: .TH MV 1 "April 29, 1985"
                      8: .UC 4
                      9: .SH NAME
                     10: mv \- move or rename files
                     11: .SH SYNOPSIS
                     12: .B mv
                     13: [
                     14: .B \-i
                     15: ] [
                     16: .B \-f
                     17: ] [
                     18: .B \-
                     19: ] file1 file2
                     20: .PP
                     21: .B mv
                     22: [
                     23: .B \-i
                     24: ] [
                     25: .B \-f
                     26: ] [
                     27: .B \-
                     28: ] file ... directory
                     29: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     30: .I Mv
                     31: moves (changes the name of)
                     32: .I file1
                     33: to
                     34: .IR file2 .
                     35: .PP
                     36: If
                     37: .I file2
                     38: already exists, it is removed before
                     39: .I file1
                     40: is moved.  If
                     41: .I file2
                     42: has a mode which forbids writing,
                     43: .I mv
                     44: prints the mode (see
                     45: .IR chmod (2))
                     46: and reads the standard input to obtain a line; if the line begins with
                     47: .B y,
                     48: the move takes place; if not,
                     49: .I mv
                     50: exits.
                     51: .PP
                     52: In the second form, one or more
                     53: .I files
                     54: (plain files or directories) are moved to the
                     55: .I directory
                     56: with their original file-names.
                     57: .PP
                     58: .I Mv
                     59: refuses to move a file onto itself.
                     60: .PP
                     61: Options:
                     62: .TP
                     63: .B \-i
                     64: stands for interactive mode. Whenever a move is to supercede an
                     65: existing file, the user is prompted by the name of the file
                     66: followed by a question mark. If he answers with a line starting
                     67: with 'y', the move continues. Any other reply prevents the move from
                     68: occurring.
                     69: .TP
                     70: .B \-f
                     71: stands for force. This option overrides any mode restrictions or the
                     72: \-i switch.
                     73: .TP
                     74: .B \-
                     75: means interpret all the following arguments to 
                     76: .I mv
                     77: as file names.  This allows file names starting with minus.
                     78: .SH "SEE ALSO"
                     79: cp(1), ln(1)
                     80: .SH BUGS
                     81: If
                     82: .I file1
                     83: and
                     84: .I file2
                     85: lie on different file systems,
                     86: .I mv
                     87: must copy the file and delete the original.
                     88: In this case the owner name becomes that of the copying process and any
                     89: linking relationship with other files is lost.

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