Moves one or more files from one directory to another directory.
For examples of how to use this command, see Examples.
move [{/y | /-y}] [<Source>] [<Target>]
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Parameter
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Description
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/y
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Suppresses prompting to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
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/-y
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Causes prompting to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
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<Source>
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Specifies the path and name of the file or files to move. If you want to move or rename a directory, Source should be the current directory path and name.
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<Target>
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Specifies the path and name to move files to. If you want to move or rename a directory, Target should be the desired directory path and name.
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/?
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Displays help at the command prompt.
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The /y command-line option might be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable. You can override this with /-y on the command line. The default is to prompt before overwriting files unless the copy command is run from within a batch script.
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Moving encrypted files to a volume that does not support Encrypting File System (EFS) results in an error. Decrypt the files first or move the files to a volume that supports EFS.
To move all files with the .xls extension from the \Data directory to the \Second_Q\Reports directory, type:
move \data\*.xls \second_q\reports\