Move Files or Directories Usage: mv [-cfilmsh-] source1 [ source2 ... ] destination mv is an intelligent file or directory mover. It's able to move either files or directories regardless of whether the source and destination are in the same directory or even the same drive. Files being moved anywhere on the same partition are simply renamed; the data stays where it is. Moving a file to a different partition is done by copying the file and then deleting the original. If you move a directory but it keeps the same parent, that also is a simple rename. Moving a directory to a new parent is done by a mkdir in the new parent and moving all the directory contents using the same "rename where possible" strategy recursively. Any security descriptor and any access control list attached to a source file or directory is normally copied to the destination if possible. Under Windows 9x or if the destination filesystem does not support ACLs, that's not possible and the security information will be lost. This is not considered an error and no diagnostic message is given. Options: -c Continue even if errors are encountered attempting to process some input files or directories. -f Force read-only files to be overwritten. -i Interactive: ask before moving each object on the command line. -l Logging is on: display the name of each file or directory as it's moved. -m Merge sub-directories of same name in source and destination. -s Simple move. Do not copy security descriptors and access control lists. -h Help (this screen.) -- End of options. (Useful if filenames start with "-".)
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