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From: Robert Bonomi <bonomi@mail.r-bonomi.com>
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Subject: Re: command to rename a directory
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> From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org  Sun May 30 02:43:14 2010
> Date: Sun, 30 May 2010 15:42:59 +0800
> From: Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com>
> To: "questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org>
> Cc: 
> Subject: command to rename a directory
>
> Is there a command to rename a directory in place.
> Like mv does for a file name.

like 'mv', maybe?   *grin*

to wit:

   $ mkdir foo
   $ ls -ld foo*
   drwxrwxr-x  2 bonomi  user  512 May 30 11:21 foo
   $ mv foo foo2
   $ ls -ld foo*
   drwxrwxr-x  2 bonomi  user  512 May 30 11:21 foo2