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Move

 

Applies To: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8

Moves one or more files from one directory to another directory.

For examples of how to use this command, see Examples.

Syntax

move [{/y | /-y}] [<Source>] [<Target>]

Parameters

Parameter

Description

/y

Suppresses prompting to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

/-y

Causes prompting to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.

<Source>

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.

<Target>

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.

/?

Displays help at the command prompt.

Remarks

  • 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.

  • 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.

Examples

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\ 

Additional references

Command-Line Syntax Key