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47 .Ar source ... directory
49 In its first form, the
51 utility renames the file named by the
53 operand to the destination path named by the
56 This form is assumed when the last operand does not name an already
61 moves each file named by a
63 operand to a destination file in the existing directory named by the
66 The destination path for each operand is the pathname produced by the
67 concatenation of the last operand, a slash, and the final pathname
68 component of the named file.
70 The following options are available:
73 Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination
78 to write a prompt to standard error before moving a file that would
79 overwrite an existing file.
80 If the response from the standard input begins with the character ``y'',
81 the move is attempted.
85 to be verbose, showing files as they are processed.
92 options is the one which affects
96 It is an error for any of the
98 operands to specify a nonexistent file or directory.
100 It is an error for the
102 operand to specify a directory if the
104 exists and is not a directory.
106 If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing,
108 prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the
118 are on different file systems,
120 will remove the destination file, copy the source file to the
121 destination, and then remove the source.
122 The effect is roughly equivalent to:
123 .Bd -literal -offset indent
124 rm -f destination_path \*[Am]\*[Am] \e
125 cp -PRp source_file destination_path \*[Am]\*[Am] \e
131 utility exits 0 on success, and \*[Gt]0 if an error occurs.
139 utility is expected to be
145 option is an extension to