Re: mv -i doesn't work?

[David Teague <dbt@tinuviel.cs.wcu.edu>]

On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote:

> Anybody else  have this problem? /bin/mv -i  and /bin/mv --interactive
> do not prompt before moving. From the stable fileutils. -chris

Chris

mv -i is not interatctive, rather it is query before overwrite.

Exerpt from man mv:

 mv - move (rename) files

SYNOPSIS
       mv [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST
       mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY

DESCRIPTION
       Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
[snip]

       -i, --interactive
              prompt before overwrite
[snip]               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


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