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author | Kiyoshi Aman <kiyoshi.aman+adelie@gmail.com> | 2019-02-01 22:55:37 +0000 |
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committer | Kiyoshi Aman <kiyoshi.aman+adelie@gmail.com> | 2019-02-03 18:22:05 -0600 |
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diff --git a/bin/mv/mv.1 b/bin/mv/mv.1 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cc3d1c --- /dev/null +++ b/bin/mv/mv.1 @@ -0,0 +1,149 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: mv.1,v 1.30 2017/07/04 06:50:04 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" This code is derived from software contributed to Berkeley by +.\" the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 +.\" +.Dd August 10, 2016 +.Dt MV 1 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mv +.Nd move files +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl fiv +.Ar source target +.Nm +.Op Fl fiv +.Ar source ... directory +.Sh DESCRIPTION +In its first form, the +.Nm +utility renames the file named by the +.Ar source +operand to the destination path named by the +.Ar target +operand. +This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already +existing directory. +.Pp +In its second form, +.Nm +moves each file named by a +.Ar source +operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the +.Ar directory +operand. +The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the +concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname +component of the named file. +.Pp +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width flag +.It Fl f +Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination +path. +.It Fl i +Causes +.Nm +to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would +overwrite an existing file. +If the response from the standard input begins with the character ``y'', +the move is attempted. +.It Fl v +Cause +.Nm +to be verbose, showing files as they are processed. +.El +.Pp +The last of any +.Fl f +or +.Fl i +options is the one which affects +.Nm Ns 's +behavior. +.Pp +It is an error for any of the +.Ar source +operands to specify a nonexistent file or directory. +.Pp +It is an error for the +.Ar source +operand to specify a directory if the +.Ar target +exists and is not a directory. +.Pp +If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing, +.Nm +prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the +.Fl i +option. +.Pp +Should the +.Xr rename 2 +call fail because +.Ar source +and +.Ar target +are on different file systems, +.Nm +will remove the destination file, copy the source file to the +destination, and then remove the source. +The effect is roughly equivalent to: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +rm -f destination_path && \e +cp -PRp source_file destination_path && \e +rm -rf source_file +.Ed +.Sh EXIT STATUS +.Ex -std mv +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr cp 1 , +.Xr rename 2 , +.Xr symlink 7 +.Sh STANDARDS +The +.Nm +utility is expected to be +.St -p1003.2 +compatible. +.Pp +The +.Fl v +option is an extension to +.St -p1003.2 . +.Sh HISTORY +An +.Nm +utility appeared in +.At v1 . |