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| author | wosch <wosch@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-02-20 23:27:57 +0000 |
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| committer | wosch <wosch@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-02-20 23:27:57 +0000 |
| commit | 51408189d36f1c8ccfcefb3e1a8bcd670f2914bc (patch) | |
| tree | ba6b37d679b43b22047c20f8bc255af776226fd1 /bin/mv/mv.1 | |
| parent | 37a78862f8d1c4bc815f6d6e5b72ea9caaa6b7cc (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-51408189d36f1c8ccfcefb3e1a8bcd670f2914bc.zip FreeBSD-src-51408189d36f1c8ccfcefb3e1a8bcd670f2914bc.tar.gz | |
option -f and -i are exclusive (Posix)
respond `Y' is equal to `y'
update usage string
prompt only if source exist
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/mv/mv.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/mv/mv.1 | 19 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bin/mv/mv.1 b/bin/mv/mv.1 index f113a3a..36ec8e7 100644 --- a/bin/mv/mv.1 +++ b/bin/mv/mv.1 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 -.\" $Id: mv.1,v 1.3 1995/08/15 19:44:39 joerg Exp $ +.\" $Id: mv.1,v 1.4 1996/02/18 18:44:56 wosch Exp $ .\" .Dd May 31, 1993 .Dt MV 1 @@ -77,17 +77,25 @@ The following options are available: Do not prompt for confirmation before overwriting the destination path. (The -.Fl i -option is ignored if the .Fl f -option is specified.) +option overrides any previous +.Fl i +options.) .It Fl i Causes .Nm mv 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'', +If the response from the standard input begins with the character +.Sq Li y +or +.Sq Li Y , the move is attempted. +(The +.Fl i +option overrides any previous +.Fl f +options.) .El .Pp It is an error for either the @@ -121,6 +129,7 @@ The utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cp 1 , +.Xr rm 1 , .Xr symlink 7 .Sh STANDARDS The |
