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mren(1)                DragonFly General Commands Manual               mren(1)

Name
       mren - rename an existing MSDOS file

Note of warning
       This manpage has been automatically generated from mtools's texinfo
       documentation, and may not be entirely accurate or complete.  See the
       end of this man page for details.

Description
       The mren command is used to rename or move an existing MS-DOS file or
       subdirectory. Its syntax is:

       mren [-voOsSrRA] sourcefile targetfile

       Mren renames an existing file on an MS-DOS filesystem.

       In verbose mode, Mren displays the new filename if the name supplied is
       invalid.

       If the first syntax is used (only one sourcefile), and if the target
       name doesn't contain any slashes or colons, the file (or subdirectory)
       is renamed in the same directory, instead of being moved to the current
       mcd directory as would be the case with mmove. Unlike the MS-DOS
       version of REN, mren can be used to rename directories.

See Also
       Mtools' texinfo doc

Viewing the texi doc
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       items, such as crossreferences, footnotes and indices are lost in this
       translation process.  Indeed, these items have no appropriate
       representation in the manpage format.  Moreover, not all information
       has been translated into the manpage version.  Thus I strongly advise
       you to use the original texinfo doc.  See the end of this manpage for
       instructions how to view the texinfo doc.

       *      To generate a printable copy from the texinfo doc, run the
              following commands:

                     ./configure; make dvi; dvips mtools.dvi

       *      To generate a html copy,  run:

                     ./configure; make html

              A premade html can be found at
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       *      To generate an info copy (browsable using emacs' info mode),
              run:

                     ./configure; make info

       The texinfo doc looks most pretty when printed or as html.  Indeed, in
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       quoting conventions used in info.

mtools-4.0.10                       10Mar09                            mren(1)

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