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Subject: Re: man page bug in mv(1) ?
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On Sun, 3 Sep 2006, James Long wrote:

> The man page mv(1) states:
> 
> "It is an error for either the source operand or the destination path 
> to specify a directory unless both do."
> 
> 
> However:
> 
> mv file /tmp/
> 
> works.  Am I reading things wrong, or is the man page incorrect?

The man page is correct, but a little misleading unless you read it 
carefully. The first two paragraphs of the description section define 
the term "destination path".


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