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| author | Sami Kerola | 2014-06-28 19:42:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Sami Kerola | 2014-07-18 19:34:15 +0200 |
| commit | d6cf9e1669468f12a3d65edd3bf5a2bf2a2a5bd5 (patch) | |
| tree | e8c02da689f368ae81af7ab4cca2db39ac5db73b /misc-utils/rename.1 | |
| parent | tests: add rename(1) checks (diff) | |
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rename: continue despite something failed
Try to do all file operations even when one or some of them fail, and
use exit value to inform what happen.
Signed-off-by: Sami Kerola <kerolasa@iki.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'misc-utils/rename.1')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/misc-utils/rename.1 b/misc-utils/rename.1 index 470595752..30d9c710a 100644 --- a/misc-utils/rename.1 +++ b/misc-utils/rename.1 @@ -55,6 +55,26 @@ the command will perform the action without any questions. For example, the result can be quite drastic when the command is run as root in the /lib directory. Always make a backup before running the command, unless you truly know what you are doing. +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +.RS +.PD 0 +.TP +.B 0 +all requested rename operations were successful +.TP +.B 1 +all rename operations failed +.TP +.B 2 +some rename operations failed +.TP +.B 4 +nothing was renamed +.TP +.B 64 +unanticipated error occurred +.PD +.RE .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR mv (1) .SH AVAILABILITY |