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- Copyright (c) 1989 Vladimir Lanin
-
- This is mmv, a program to move/copy/append/link multiple files
- according to a set of wildcard patterns. 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 aborting before
- beginning, or proceeding by avoiding the offending parts.
-
- Improvements over mmv's predecessor, ren:
-
- . support for BSD, System 5, and MS-DOS
-
- . source and target files may (usually) reside in different directories
-
- . paths may contain wildcards
-
- . supports all csh wildcards: '*', '?', '['...']', and '~'
-
- . the ';' wildcard finds files at any level in the tree
-
- . can copy, append, or link instead of moving/renaming
-
- . reads multiple patterns from standard input (or one from command line)
-
- . no-execute option (whose output can be fed back in on standard input)
-
- Note to users familiar with ren: the -a and -k options have been renamed
- to -t and -g, respectively, and their semantics have somewhat changed.
-
-
- Mmv is freeware. That means that the entire package of software and
- documentation is copyrighted, and may not be distributed with any
- modifications or for any charge (without the author's explicit written
- permission). Other than that, it may be used and distributed freely.
-
-
- Vladimir Lanin
- 330 Wadsworth Ave, Apt 6F
- New York, NY 10040
-
- lanin@csd2.nyu.edu
- ...!cmcl2!csd2!lanin
-