Command Line

Command MOVE

Function:

Moves one or more files to another location.
Syntax:
MOVE [/A | /B] source [destination] [/V] [/N] [/Q]
sourceSpecifies the file(s) to be copied.
destinationSpecifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s).
/AIgnored.
/BIgnored.
/QQuiet Mode. Only Error Messages are displayed.
/NUse short file name equivalents instead of long file names.
/VVerifies that new files are written correctly.
Note:
  • All files are opened in binary mode.
  • The current directory is used when the parameter destination is not specified.
  • When moving files that have long file names from an NTFS partition to a FAT partition, that does not support long file names, the /N switch must be specified to convert the long file names to the equivalent short file names, otherwise the move operation will fail.
  • Also see the commands COPY, SCOPY and SMOVE.

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