[7045] in SIPB bug reports
mmv
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Laas)
Wed Nov 11 00:07:15 1998
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 00:05:46 -0500 (EST)
From: Chris Laas <golem@MIT.EDU>
Reply-To: golem@MIT.EDU
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
I am distressed that most Athena users don't even know what mmv is.
I hope to remedy this by installing and supporting it in the sipb
locker. If someone'd like to tell me What I Must Do, I'd be much
obliged.
In case you're wondering what mmv is yourselves, from the mmv man page:
mmv - move/copy/append/link multiple files by wildcard
patterns
Mmv moves (or copies, appends, or links, as specified)
each source file matching a "from" pattern to the target
name specified by the "to" pattern. This multiple action is
performed safely, i.e. without any unexpected deletion of
files due to collisions of target names with existing
filenames or with other target names. Furthermore, before
doing anything, mmv attempts to detect any errors that
would result from the entire set of actions specified and
gives the user the choice of either proceeding by avoiding
the offending parts or aborting.
--Chris
--
What a mess the world was in, Vimes reflected. Constable Visit had
told him the meek would inherit it, and what had the poor devils done
to deserve that?
-- Terry Pratchett, "Feet of Clay"
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