FSMOVE(8)

💖 FSMOVE — ok bestie, let's move some FILES 💖

fsmove is the manual page for fsmove 0.9.4, and it lives in section 8 of the manual (that's the System Administration Utilities girlies, iykyk 💅).

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✨ NAME ✨

fsmove — that's it, that's the name, manual page for fsmove 0.9.4 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

fsmove [OPTION]... SOURCE TARGET [--exclude FILE...]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the whole vibe is: it recursively moves files and folders from SOURCE to TARGET. Recursively. All of it. Every last little nested folder, no crumbs left behind ✨

And here's the part that's genuinely iconic — it does this even if SOURCE and TARGET are almost full or share their free space. Like, for example, if TARGET is a file system inside a loop-file that lives inside SOURCE. Yeah. That situation. Other tools would simply pass away 😭 fsmove just handles it.

💡 little note bestie: mandatory arguments to long options are also mandatory for the short options. Same energy, no shortcuts.

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👑 OPTIONS 👑

• -- — end of options, periodt. Everything after this gets treated as an argument even if it starts with -. It's giving "no more flags, we're done here" 💅
• -e, --exclude FILE... — skip these files, like, do not move them, leave them exactly where they are. ⚠️ This one must be last argument. Last. Final. The end. Do not put anything after it, I'm serious 🫶
• -f, --force-run — run it anyway, even if some safety checks fail. Dramatic but noted: you are overriding the safety net, so this is a you asked for it moment 🙈
• --io=posix — use POSIX I/O and actually move files. This is the default btw, so if you don't say anything, this is what you're getting ✨
• --io=prealloc — use POSIX I/O and preallocate files. Do NOT move them. Not a typo. It preallocates. It does not move. Two completely different things, bestie 💀
• --inode-cache-mem — use an in-memory inode cache. Also the default, cute and fast ⭐
• --inode-cache=DIR — create and use directory DIR for the inode cache. Your cache, your rules 🎀
• --log-color=MODE — sets the message color. MODE is one of: auto (default), none, ansi. Pick your aesthetic 🌈
• --log-format=FMT — sets the messages format. FMT is one of: msg (default), level_msg, time_level_msg, time_level_function_msg. Yes, that last one is a whole mouthful, she's thorough 💅
• -n, --no-action, --simulate-run — do not actually move any file or directory. A little dress rehearsal, a vibe check before the real thing, no cap 🧚
• -q, --quiet — be quiet 🤫
• -qq — be very quiet, only print warnings or errors. Maximum stealth mode 💜
• -v, --verbose — be verbose, print what is being done. She's narrating 📣
• -vv — be very verbose, print a lot of detailed output. Now she's narrating and commenting 🍓
• -vvv — be incredibly verbose. > ⚠️ warning: prints LOTS of output. Like, LOTS lots. Prepare your scrollback, bestie 😭
• --help — display this help and exit. Classic, iconic, always there for you 🫶
• --version — output version information and exit. Hello, who are you, what version, bye 👋

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and that's the whole page!! go forth and move your files, you absolute main character 🦋✨

💖 sign-off time: this page is from fsmove 0.9.4, dated July 2025, and you were reading FSMOVE(8) the entire time. slay 💅👑