MV - Move files mv [-qv!] file,file,... target Filespecs may contain a drive and/or a directory specification and wildcard characters. If only one file is being moved, the target may be a file name or a directory name. In the latter case, the source file name is used in the target directory. If multiple filespecs are given or wildcard characters are used, the target must be a directory name only. The file name of each file moved is used to make the target file name. The target must be on the same drive as the source. If a source filespec contains a drive and/or directory, these are passed along to the subsequent source filespecs until reassigned; thus mv \src\*.c,*.obj,\exe\*.* \save is the same as mv \src\*.c,\src\*.obj,\exe\*.* \save and mv b:bob,carol,\tmp\ted,alice b:\bed is shorthand for mv b:bob,b:carol,b:\tmp\ted,b:\tmp\alice b:\bed If a target file exists, mv normally asks for verification before overwriting. If the source and target files are on the same drive, the file is renamed and/or moved to the new directory without physically copying the data. If the move is across drives, CP is spawned to do the copy and the source file is deleted if the copy succeeds; CP.EXE must be in the current directory or in the search path given by the DOS PATH variable. If a target directory does not exist, it will be created. Options: -v (verify) Causes user confirmation to be requested before moving. At each file prompt the user answers either Y (do the copy), ! (do the move and don't ask for confirmation on future files), or N (don't move this file). Any other answer is the same as N. -q (quiet) Supresses informational move messages. -! (hammer!) Supresses the verification which is normally requested (even without -v) before overwriting an existing file. Options may be combined as in mv -q! ... The mv! command is a shorthand for mv -!. Usage is mv! [-qv] file,file,... target Copyright (c) 1985,86,87, Bryan Higgins. The author may be reached/rewarded at 1802 Channing Way Berkeley, CA 94703 One of the Kramden Utilities.