On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 10:48:48PM -0400, 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.
The ``mv'' command does different things depending on the
arguments. ``mv file1 path_to/file2'' renames file1 as file2,
but will actually move the file if the destination is on a
different file system. ``mv file1 [file2 ...] directory'' moves
the file(s) to the directory which may be on a different file
system. This is very much more powerful than the DOS ``ren''
command that just renames files.
Bill
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