On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, James Long wrote: > The man page mv(1) states: > > "It is an error for either the source operand or the destination path > to specify a directory unless both do." > > > However: > > mv file /tmp/ > > works. Am I reading things wrong, or is the man page incorrect?
The man page is correct, but a little misleading unless you read it carefully. The first two paragraphs of the description section define the term "destination path". -- jan grant, ISYS, University of Bristol. http://www.bris.ac.uk/ Tel +44 (0)117 3317661 http://ioctl.org/jan/ Solution: (n) a watered-down version of something neat. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"