The command to `move' across file system boundaries is actually

cp -PRp source_file destination

Closes PR # bin/689: mv(1) manpage

Submitted by:	wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfram Schneider)
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Joerg Wunsch 1995-08-15 19:44:39 +00:00
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@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" @(#)mv.1 8.1 (Berkeley) 5/31/93
.\" $Id$
.\" $Id: mv.1,v 1.2 1994/09/24 02:56:06 davidg Exp $
.\"
.Dd May 31, 1993
.Dt MV 1
@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ to accomplish the move.
The effect is equivalent to:
.Bd -literal -offset indent
rm -f destination_path && \e
\tcp -pr source_file destination && \e
\tcp -pRP source_file destination && \e
\trm -rf source_file
.Ed
.Pp