Use this command to move or rename a file or directory.
Requirements and Restrictions
- The parameters for this command are case-sensitive. You
must enter the parameters exactly as shown in the syntax
diagram.
- You can enter this command only in CRAS state or higher.
Format
- -f
- forces existing files to be overwritten regardless of the access
permissions that are set.
- Note:
- This parameter does not override the access permissions for a parent
directory; that is, if the access permissions for the parent directory of
the specified file do not allow write authority, the -f parameter is ignored
and the specified file will not be moved or renamed. In addition, an
error message is not issued if the move or rename is
unsuccessful.
- source
- is the path name of the file or directory that you want to move or
rename.
- target
- is the path name of the file or directory to which you are moving or
renaming the file or directory. If you specify an existing directory,
the contents of each source file are copied to that directory with names
specified by the last component of the source path name. If you specify
an existing file, the file is only overwritten if you specify the -f
parameter.
Additional Information
- Online help information is available for this command. To display
the help information, enter one of the following:
ZFILE HELP mv
ZFILE HELP
ZFILE ?
In addition, the correct command syntax is displayed if you enter the syntax
incorrectly.
- You can redirect the standard input (stdin) stream from the
keyboard to a file by specifying the redirection character (<)
followed by the file name from which you want the input read.
This command does not write to the standard output (stdout)
stream.
You can redirect the standard error (stderr) stream from the
display terminal to a file by specifying one of the redirection characters
(2> or 2>>) followed by the file name to which you want
the error output written. The 2> character writes the error
output to a file. The 2>> character appends the error output
to an existing file.
- Note:
- When you use the > or 2> character, if the file that
you are redirecting data to already exists, the file is overwritten and any
data in that file is lost. If you do not want to overwrite the file,
ensure that you use the >> or 2>> character.
- The ZFILE mv command is based on a subset of the mv utility of the
Portable Operating System Interface for Computer Environments (POSIX)
standards.
- You can use the following wildcard characters in the path name to select
files that satisfy a particular name pattern:
- Wildcard
- Description
- *
- Matches any string, including the empty string.
- ?
- Matches any single character.
- [..]
- Matches any one of the characters between the brackets. You can
specify a range of characters by separating a pair of characters with a dash
(-).
- This command supports the following three quoting mechanisms, which allow
you to override the special meaning of some characters:
- escape character (\)
- preserves the literal value of the character that follows. To
ignore the special meaning of a character, escape it by placing a backslash
(\) in front of it. In the example that follows, environment
variable PATH is /bin:/usr/bin:., the first
dollar sign ($) is escaped because of the preceding backslash, and the
second dollar sign takes on a special meaning.
User: ZFILE echo \$PATH is $PATH
System: $PATH is /bin:/usr/bin:.
- single quotation marks (' ')
- preserves the literal value of all characters between the opening single
quotation mark and the closing single quotation mark. For example,
entering ZFILE echo '*' displays an asterisk
character (*). Without the single quotation marks, the files
in the current working directory are displayed.
- double quotation marks (" ")
- preserves the literal value of all characters between the opening double
quotation mark and the closing double quotation mark except the dollar sign
($), the backquote (`), and the backslash (\).
This allows you to use the escape character inside double quotation marks,
which you cannot do in single quotation marks.
For example, entering ZFILE echo "\$PATH is \"$PATH\""
displays $PATH is "/bin:/usr/bin:."
If you want to use the literal meaning of any of the following
characters, you must always use a quoting mechanism:
left angle bracket (<)
| right angle bracket (>)
| ampersand (&)
|
backquote (`)
| backslash (\)
| dollar sign ($)
|
double quotation mark (")
| new-line (\n)
| left parenthesis ( ( )
|
right parenthesis ( ) )
| semicolon (;)
| single quotation mark (')
|
blank space
| tab
| vertical bar (|)
|
In addition, use a quoting mechanism when any of the following characters are
used in a way that takes on a special meaning but you want to use the literal
meaning:
asterisk (*)
| equal sign (=)
| left square bracket ( [ )
|
number sign (#)
| question mark (?)
| tilde (~)
|
Examples
In the following example, old.name is renamed.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User: ZFILE mv old.name new.name |
| |
|System: FILE0003I 15:31:22 mv old.name... COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. NO OUTPUT TO DISPLAY |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
In the following example, file.name is moved to another
directory.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User: ZFILE mv file.name new.subdirectory/ |
| |
|System: FILE0003I 15:31:22 mv file.nam... COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. NO OUTPUT TO DISPLAY |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
In the following example, old.name is renamed and moved
to another directory.
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|User: ZFILE mv old.name new.subdirectory/new.name |
| |
|System: FILE0003I 15:31:22 mv old.name... COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY. NO OUTPUT TO DISPLAY |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
Related Information
See Information Technology--Portable Operating System Interface
for Computer Environments (POSIX) for more information about the POSIX
standards.