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1.1     ! root        1: .th MV I 8/20/73
        !             2: .sh NAME
        !             3: mv  \*-  move or rename a file
        !             4: .sh SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .bd mv
        !             6: name1 name2
        !             7: .sh DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .it Mv
        !             9: changes the name of
        !            10: .it name1
        !            11: to
        !            12: .it name2.
        !            13: If
        !            14: .it name2
        !            15: is a directory,
        !            16: .it name1
        !            17: is moved to
        !            18: that directory with its original file-name.
        !            19: Directories may only be moved within the same parent
        !            20: directory (just renamed).
        !            21: .s3
        !            22: If
        !            23: .it name2
        !            24: already exists,
        !            25: it is removed before
        !            26: .it name1
        !            27: is renamed.
        !            28: If
        !            29: .it name2
        !            30: has a mode which forbids writing,
        !            31: .it mv
        !            32: prints the mode and
        !            33: reads the standard input to obtain a line;
        !            34: if the line begins with
        !            35: .bd y,
        !            36: the move takes place;
        !            37: if not,
        !            38: .it mv
        !            39: exits.
        !            40: .s3
        !            41: If
        !            42: .it name2
        !            43: would lie on a different file system,
        !            44: so that a simple rename is impossible,
        !            45: .it mv
        !            46: copies the file
        !            47: and deletes the original.
        !            48: .sh BUGS
        !            49: It should take a
        !            50: .bd "\*-f"
        !            51: flag, like
        !            52: .it rm,
        !            53: to suppress the question
        !            54: if the target exists and is not writable.

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