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| -rw-r--r-- | bin/mv/mv.1 | 18 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/bin/mv/mv.1 b/bin/mv/mv.1 index c01d2393b5e..7a2f0610209 100644 --- a/bin/mv/mv.1 +++ b/bin/mv/mv.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: mv.1,v 1.23 2008/05/26 21:12:48 jmc Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: mv.1,v 1.24 2008/10/21 06:42:45 jmc Exp $ .\" $NetBSD: mv.1,v 1.8 1995/03/21 09:06:51 cgd Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1993 @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ .\" .\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93 .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: May 26 2008 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: October 21 2008 $ .Dt MV 1 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ .Sh DESCRIPTION In its first form, the .Nm -utility renames the file named by the +utility moves the file named by the .Ar source operand to the destination path named by the .Ar target @@ -96,17 +96,21 @@ options is the one which affects .Nm mv Ns 's behavior. .Pp +The +.Nm +utility moves symbolic links, not the files referenced by the links. +.Pp If the destination path does not have a mode which permits writing, .Nm prompts the user for confirmation as specified for the .Fl i option. .Pp -As the +Should the .Xr rename 2 -call does not work across file systems, +call fail because the source and destination are on different file systems, .Nm -uses +will use .Xr cp 1 and .Xr rm 1 @@ -143,6 +147,8 @@ $ mv -i ./-f bar .Ed .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr cp 1 , +.Xr rm 1 , +.Xr rename 2 , .Xr symlink 7 .Sh STANDARDS The |