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