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- Moves files and renames files and directories.
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- To move one or more files:
- MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]filename1[,...] destination
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- To rename a directory:
- MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]dirname1 dirname2
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- [drive:][path]filename1 Specifies the location and name of the file
- or files you want to move.
- destination Specifies the new location of the file. Destination
- can consist of a drive letter and colon, a
- directory name, or a combination. If you are moving
- only one file, you can also include a filename if
- you want to rename the file when you move it.
- [drive:][path]dirname1 Specifies the directory you want to rename.
- dirname2 Specifies the new name of the directory.
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- /Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to
- overwrite an existing destination file.
- /-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite
- an existing destination file.
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- The switch /Y may be present in the COPYCMD environment variable.
- This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. Default is
- to prompt on overwrites unless MOVE command is being executed from
- within a batch script.
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