mv.c

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#include <unistd.h>
#include <err.h>

/*
 * mv - move (rename) files.
 * Usage: mv oldfile newfile
 *
 * Just calls rename() on them. If it fails, we don't attempt to
 * figure out which filename was wrong or what happened.
 *
 * In certain circumstances, Unix mv will fall back to copying and
 * deleting the old copy. We don't do that.
 *
 * We also don't allow the Unix form of
 *     mv file1 file2 file3 destination-dir
 */

static
void
dorename(const char *oldfile, const char *newfile)
{
	if (rename(oldfile, newfile)) {
		err(1, "%s or %s", oldfile, newfile);
	}
}

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
	if (argc!=3) {
		errx(1, "Usage: mv oldfile newfile");
	}
	dorename(argv[1], argv[2]);
	return 0;
}