On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Krzys Majewski wrote:
> Anybody else have this problem? /bin/mv -i and /bin/mv --interactive
> do not prompt before moving. From the stable fileutils. -chris
Chris
mv -i is not interatctive, rather it is query before overwrite.
Exerpt from man mv:
mv - move (rename) files
SYNOPSIS
mv [OPTION]... SOURCE DEST
mv [OPTION]... SOURCE... DIRECTORY
DESCRIPTION
Rename SOURCE to DEST, or move SOURCE(s) to DIRECTORY.
[snip]
-i, --interactive
prompt before overwrite
[snip] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
--David
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