Command: move
MOVE moves one or more files or a directory to another location.
Syntax:
MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [/V] [/?] source1[, source2[,...]] destination
source The name of the file or directory you want to
move (rename).
destination Where you want to move the file(s) to.
Options:
/Y Supresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite
an existing destination file.
/-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
existing destination file.
/V Verifies each file as it is written to the destination
file to make sure that the destination files are identical
to the source files.
/? Shows the help.
Comments:
You can also move directories with this tool.
MOVE supports NLS (national language support).
Examples:
Example 1:
move C:\document\hello.txt D:\docu_new\
Creates folder D:\docu_new (if it does not yet exist) and moves
hello.txt there.
Example 2:
move C:\document\*.* D:\document\
Moves all files in folder c:\document to d:\document\
Example 3:
move c:\document d:\doc_new
Moves the folder and all files to d:\doc_new
Example 4:
You have a folder with several subdirectories and files inside.
move c:\document c:\newdoc
Renames the foldername from document to newdoc and keeps all
files inside. This has the same result like REN / RENAME.
ren c:\document newdoc (NO C:\newdoc!)
REN works only in the same driveletter and folder!
See also:
copy
del/erase
deltree
ren/rename
pdtree
xcopy
Copyright © 2003 Robert Platt, updated 2007 and 2022 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.