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51 .Ar source ... directory
54 In its first form, the
56 utility renames the file named by the
58 operand to the destination path named by the
61 This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already
66 moves each file named by a
68 operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the
71 The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the
72 concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname
73 component of the named file.
75 The following options are available:
78 Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination
83 to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
84 overwrite an existing file.
85 If the response from the standard input begins with the character ``y'',
86 the move is attempted.
92 options is the one which affects
96 It is an error for either the
98 operand or the destination path to specify a directory unless both do.
100 If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
102 prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the
108 call does not work across file systems,
114 to accomplish the move.
115 The effect is equivalent to:
116 .Bd -literal -offset indent
117 rm -f destination_path && \e
118 \tcp -PRp source_file destination && \e
124 utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
131 utility is expected to be