From 1913bfcf573d6101a133e56b6741ad8773ff1d38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:01:07 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] doc: clarify mv --exchange MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In the manual, say it exchanges all data and metadata. Suggested by Pádraig Brady in: https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=69532#59 --- doc/coreutils.texi | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi index ffe47aad54..e36269588b 100644 --- a/doc/coreutils.texi +++ b/doc/coreutils.texi @@ -10277,6 +10277,7 @@ fail with a diagnostic instead of copying and then removing the file. @opindex --exchange Exchange source and destination instead of renaming source to destination. Both files must exist; they need not be the same type. +This exchanges all data and metadata. This option can be used to replace one directory with another. When used this way, it should be combined with -- 2.47.2