If you supply a directory it moves files to that directory. If file names are
given it renames the fist to the second. Only two files can be specified. If
more than two are listed then you also must list a directory or you get an
error. Thus you cant rename foo to foo1 and foo2.
On Sunday 02 September 2001 21:48, Tim Wunder wrote:
> What does the 'mv' command actually do?
> I've always been under the impression that it simply renames the
> file/directory, but I get the feeling there's more to it than that.
>
> My recent experience with compiling the KDE2.2 SRPMs has led me to think
> that.
>
> When I tried to compile the KDE2.2 source under eW3.1, I first mv'd the
> /opt/kde2 directory to /opt/kde22, thinking this got the existing KDE stuff
> out of the way for the new install. But I couldn't get kdelibs to compile.
> I then decided to just try instaling kde2 from the RPMs instead of the
> SRPMs and that seemed to work (well, I DID --force --nodeps everything). I
> then had the problem of starting KDE, which apparently was the result of
> the inability to load a shared library.
>
> I then punted. I rm -r'd the /opt/kde2 directory and mv'd /opt/kde22 back
> to /opt/kde2. Next I cp -R'd /opt/kde2 to /opt/kde22 for a backup.
> After that, I decided to re-try the SRPMs, and everything compiled fine
> (except for kdegraphics, which required a little cheating).
>
> The only difference bewteen my two methods, was the use of 'cp -R' to make
> a backup of /opt/kde2 rather than 'mv'.
>
> Hence my question, what does the command 'mv' actually do?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
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