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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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