mvdir(1M)

DESCRIPTION

mvdir moves one directory tree into another existing directory (within the same file system), or renames a directory without moving it.

dir must be an existing directory.

If newdir does not exist but the directory that would contain it does, dir is moved and/or renamed to newdir. Otherwise, newdir must be an existing directory not already containing an entry with the same name as the last pathname component of dir. In this case, dir is moved and becomes a subdirectory of newdir. The last pathname component of dir is used as the name for the moved directory.

mvdir refuses to move dir if the path specified by newdir would be a descendent directory of the path specified by dir. Such cases are not allowed because cyclic sub-trees would be created as in the case, for example, of mvdir x/y x/y/z/t which is prohibited.

mvdir does not allow directory . to be moved.

Only users who have appropriate privileges can use mvdir.

EXTERNAL INFLUENCES

AUTHOR

mvdir was developed by OSF and HP.

SEE ALSO

cp(1), mkdir(1), mv(1).

STANDARDS CONFORMANCE

mvdir: SVID2, SVID3