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1.1     ! root        1: .TH PMV 1P "22 June 1983"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: pmv \- move or rename files
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B pmv
        !             7: [\fB\-f\^i\fR] [\fB\-\fR] file1 file2
        !             8: .PP
        !             9: .B pmv
        !            10: [\fB\-f\^i\fR] [\fB\-\fR] file ... dirname
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: .I Pmv
        !            13: moves (changes the name of)
        !            14: .I file1
        !            15: to
        !            16: .I file2.
        !            17: If
        !            18: .I file2
        !            19: already exists, it is removed before
        !            20: .I file1
        !            21: is moved. If
        !            22: .I file2
        !            23: has a mode that forbids
        !            24: writing,
        !            25: .I pmv
        !            26: prints the mode and reads the standard input to obtain a line. The move
        !            27: takes place only if the line begins with \fBy\fR. In the second form,
        !            28: one or more
        !            29: .I files
        !            30: are moved to
        !            31: .I dirname
        !            32: with their original file names.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: .I File
        !            35: and
        !            36: .I dirname
        !            37: may be either regular or project pathnames. However, because
        !            38: .I pmv
        !            39: interprets both
        !            40: .I file
        !            41: and
        !            42: .I dirname
        !            43: arguments as project pathnames, if
        !            44: .I file
        !            45: matchs the name of a project directory within the same project, then
        !            46: .I pmv
        !            47: will print the error message `pmv: can't move project directory
        !            48: .I file',
        !            49: unless
        !            50: .I file
        !            51: is disguised as ./\fIfile\fR.
        !            52: .PP
        !            53: .I Pmv
        !            54: blindly supercedes
        !            55: existing files unless the
        !            56: .B \-i
        !            57: option is specified.
        !            58: .PP
        !            59: .I Pmv
        !            60: refuses to move a file onto itself.
        !            61: .SH OPTIONS
        !            62: .TP
        !            63: .IP \fB\-f\fR
        !            64: Stands for force. This option
        !            65: overrides any mode restrictions and the
        !            66: .B \-i
        !            67: switch.
        !            68: .IP \fB\-i\fR
        !            69: Interactive mode. Whenever a move is to supercede an existing file,
        !            70: the user is prompted by the name of the file followed by a question mark. If
        !            71: answered with a line starting with `y', the move continues. Any other reply
        !            72: prevents the move from occurring.
        !            73: .IP \fB\-\fR
        !            74: Interpret all the following arguments to
        !            75: .I pmv
        !            76: as file names. This allows file names starting with minus.
        !            77: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            78: mv(1)
        !            79: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !            80: Exit status 0 is normal. Exit status 1 indicates an error.
        !            81: .SH AUTHOR
        !            82: Peter J. Nicklin
        !            83: .SH BUGS
        !            84: If
        !            85: .I file1
        !            86: and
        !            87: .I file2
        !            88: lie on different file systems,
        !            89: .I pmv
        !            90: must copy the file and delete the original. In this case the owner name
        !            91: becomes that of the copying process and any linking relationship with
        !            92: other files is lost.

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