Name
move
Synopsis
Move files and directories from one location to another.
Syntax
move [/y | /-y]filename
[,...]destination
Description
move
works like copy
, except
that the source is deleted after the copy is complete.
Filename
can be a single file, a group of
files (separated with commas), or a single file specification with
wildcards.
The move
options are:
-
filename
Specifythe location and name(s) of the file or files you want to move. Wildcards (*, ?) are supported.
-
destination
Specify the new location of the file. The destination parameter can consist of a drive, a directory name, or a combination of the two. When moving one file,
destination
may include a new name for the file.-
/y
Suppress prompting to confirm creation of a directory or overwriting of the destination. This is the default when
move
is used in a batch file.-
/-y
Cause prompting to confirm creation of a directory or overwriting of the destination. This is the default when
move
is used from the command line.
Examples
Move myfile.txt
from the current directory to
d:\files
:
C:\>move myfile.txt d:\files\
Same, but rename the file to newfile.txt
:
C:\>move myfile.txt d:\files\newfile.txt
Change the name of the directory d:\files
to
d:\myfiles
:
D:\>move d:\files myfiles
Notes
copy
, move
, and
xcopy
will prompt you before overwriting an
existing file, unless you specify a command line parameter
instructing them to do otherwise. To change the default, set the
copycmd
environment variable to
/y
. To restore the default behavior, ...
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