mv(1)
mv --
move files
Synopsis
/u95/bin/mv
[-f]
[-i]
[-e extent_opt]
file . . . target
Description
The mv command moves
the specified files
to target.
A file
and the
target
must not have the same name.
(Care must be taken when using
sh(1)
metacharacters).
If
target
is not a directory, only one file
may be specified before it; if it is
a directory, more than one file
may be specified.
If
target
does not exist,
mv creates a file named target.
If
target
exists and is not a directory, its contents are overwritten.
If
target
is a directory
the file(s) are moved to that directory.
If
mv
determines that the mode of
target
forbids writing, it will
print the mode (see
chmod(2)),
ask for a response,
and read the standard input for one line.
If the line begins with
``y'',
the
mv
occurs, if permissible; otherwise, the command exits.
(The form of an affirmative is locale dependent,
``y'' in the C
locale. See LANG on
environ(5).)
When mv succeeds, the resulting file(s) will have the same
uid and gid as the source file(s).
When the parent directory of a file is
writable and has the sticky bit set, one or more of
the following conditions must be true:
-
the user must own the file
-
the user must own the directory
-
the file must be writable by the user
-
the user must be a privileged user
The following options are recognized:
-i-
mv will prompt for confirmation whenever the move
would overwrite an existing target.
A ``y'' answer means that the move should proceed.
Any other answer prevents
mv
from overwriting the target.
-f-
mv will move the file(s) without
prompting even if it is writing
over an existing target.
This option overrides the
-i
option.
Note that this is the default if the standard input is not a terminal.
-e extent_opt-
Specify how to handle a vxfs file that has extent
attribute information.
Extent attributes include reserved space, a fixed
extent size, and extent alignment.
It may not be possible to preserve the information
if the destination file system does not support extent
attributes, has a different block size than the source
file system, or lacks free extents appropriate to satisfy
the extent attribute requirements.
Valid values for extent_opt are:
warn-
Issue a warning message
if extent attribute information cannot be kept
(default).
force-
Fail the move
if extent attribute information cannot be kept.
ignore-
Ignore extent attribute information entirely.
If
file
is a directory,
target
must be a directory in the same physical file system.
target
and
file
do not have to share the same parent directory.
If
file
is a file and
target
is a link to another file with links, the other
links remain and
target
becomes a new file.
Files
/usr/lib/locale/locale/LC_MESSAGES/uxcore.abi-
language-specific message file (see LANG on
environ(5))
References
chmod(1),
cp(1),
cpio(1),
ln(1),
rm(1)
Notices
If
file
and
target
are on different file systems,
mv
copies the file and deletes the original;
any links to other files are lost.
A --
permits the user to mark explicitly the end of any command
line options, allowing
mv
to recognize filename arguments that begin with a -.
As an aid to BSD migration, mv accepts - as
a synonym for --.
This migration aid may disappear in a future release.
If a -- and a -
both appear on the same command line, the second will be interpreted as
a filename.
This command has been updated to handle files greater than 2GB.
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SCO OpenServer Release 6.0.0 - 02 June 2005