PMV

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NAME

pmv - rename an Inversion file or directory  

SYNOPSIS

pmv oldpath newpath  

DESCRIPTION

Pmv changes the name of an existing file or directory on the Inversion file system. In the case that a directory is moved, the children of the original directory remain children of the directory under its new name.  

ARGUMENTS

oldpath
The path name of the file or directory to rename. This must be a fully-qualified path rooted at ``/'', and the named file or directory must exist.
newpath
The new pathname for the file or directory. Again, this must be fully qualified, and intermediate components must exist - that is, you cannot move a file to a directory which does not yet exist.
 

EXAMPLES

The command

pmv /a/b/c/d /a/b/c/longname

renames the Inversion file ``d'' in directory ``/a/b/c'' to ``longname''.  

ENVIRONMENT

The environment variable DATABASE is checked to determine what database should be used to find the named Inversion file.  

BUGS

DATABASE should be passed on the command line, not in the environment.


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ARGUMENTS
EXAMPLES
ENVIRONMENT
BUGS

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