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| author | jhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-08-31 14:35:01 +0000 |
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| committer | jhb <jhb@FreeBSD.org> | 2012-08-31 14:35:01 +0000 |
| commit | 55d653d5f9d103f38c4247ad282d34f3bce008dc (patch) | |
| tree | a4d7515ca0e79ae9313694d57b632955e683f20c /bin/mv/mv.1 | |
| parent | 1829ce354683a94e219d2a4f5f6a0d8f3c0abaa6 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-55d653d5f9d103f38c4247ad282d34f3bce008dc.zip FreeBSD-src-55d653d5f9d103f38c4247ad282d34f3bce008dc.tar.gz | |
Add a -h flag similar to the -h flag for ln to force mv(1) to treat a
symbolic link to a directory for the target as a symbolic link instead of
a directory. This makes it possible to atomically update a symbolic
link using rename().
Reviewed by: gj
MFC after: 2 weeks
Diffstat (limited to 'bin/mv/mv.1')
| -rw-r--r-- | bin/mv/mv.1 | 22 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/bin/mv/mv.1 b/bin/mv/mv.1 index 9e4d9ee..5199f27 100644 --- a/bin/mv/mv.1 +++ b/bin/mv/mv.1 @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ .\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd May 12, 2007 +.Dd August 28, 2012 .Dt MV 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl f | i | n -.Op Fl v +.Op Fl hv .Ar source target .Nm .Op Fl f | i | n @@ -81,6 +81,21 @@ option overrides any previous or .Fl n options.) +.It Fl h +If the +.Ar target +operand is a symbolic link to a directory, +do not follow it. +This causes the +.Nm +utility to rename the file +.Ar source +to the destination path +.Ar target +rather than moving +.Ar source +into the directory referenced by +.Ar target . .It Fl i Cause .Nm @@ -142,7 +157,8 @@ rm -rf source_file .Ex -std .Sh COMPATIBILITY The -.Fl n +.Fl h , +.Fl n , and .Fl v options are non-standard and their use in scripts is not recommended. |
