mmove(1)

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version 4.0.49 · 7 versions
, in alpine 3.23, alpine 3.24, fedora 43, fedora 44, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 mmove(1) — move or rename an MSDOS file or subdirectory 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to mmove, from the General Commands Manual section of your local man page situation. She's a lil Unix tool, she's part of mtools, and she's about to relocate your DOS files like it's nothing. periodt. 🦋

⚠️ Note of warning ⚠️

ngl, gotta be honest with you before we go any further: this manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation, and it may not be entirely accurate or complete. 😭 See the end of this man page for the deets. Don't say I didn't warn you. 💅

✨ Description ✨

The mmove command is used to move or rename an existing MS-DOS file or subdirectory. That's the whole vibe. 🎀

Here's how you call her:

mmove [-v] [-D clash_option] sourcefile targetfile
mmove [-v] [-D clash_option] sourcefile [ sourcefiles... ] targetdirectory

So mmove moves or renames an existing MS-DOS file or subdirectory. And here's the part where she absolutely ate: unlike the MS-DOS version of MOVE, mmove is able to move subdirectories. 👑

But bestie, listen — files or directories can only be moved within one file system. No crossing the streams. Data cannot be moved from MS-DOS to Unix or vice-versa. 🚫

Drive letter lore:

  • If you omit the drive letter from the target file or directory, the same letter as for the source is assumed. 🫶
  • If you omit the drive letter from all parameters, drive a: is assumed by default.

🌈 See Also 🌈

  • Mtools' texinfo doc

📖 Viewing the texi doc 📖

Okay so this manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo documentation. However, this process is only approximative, and some items — like crossreferences, footnotes and indices — are lost in this translation process. 💀

Indeed, these items have no appropriate representation in the manpage format. Moreover, not all information has been translated into the manpage version. So I strongly advise you to use the original texinfo doc. See the end of this manpage for instructions how to view the texinfo doc. iykyk. 💅

  • To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the following commands:
./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi
  • To generate a html copy, run:
./configure; make html

A premade html can be found at http://www.gnu.org/software/mtools/manual/mtools.html

  • To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode), run:
./configure; make info

The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html. 🌸 Indeed, in the info version certain examples are difficult to read due to the quoting conventions used in info. not the info version doing the most, smh. 🙈

okay that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil icon was brought to you by mtools-4.0.49, dated 14Jun25 — mmove(1) forever and always 💖✨🎀🦋💅

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