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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Rename the file name from Parent directory Post 302997077 by Gurjeet Singh on Sunday 7th of May 2017 03:11:57 PM
Old 05-07-2017
Rename the file name from Parent directory
Hi All,

Just started learning unix and stuck into below issue.

Suppose i have folder structure as below.

Code:
Dir1/Dir2/Dir3/File1.msg

I am looking to rename the file name from File1.msg to File2.msg but from the parent Dir1

From Dir3 i can easily run the command like

Code:
mv File1.msg File2.msg

.


But can i can run from parent directory if i already know the directory Path.

Any help would be much appreciated

Thanks
Gurjeet
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-07-2017 at 04:47 PM..
 

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LEARN ABOUT CENTOS

msg.h

msg.h(3HEAD)                                                          Headers                                                         msg.h(3HEAD)

NAME

       msg.h, msg - message queue structures

SYNOPSIS

       #include <sys/msg.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The <sys/msg.h> header defines the following data types through typedef:

       msgqnum_t       used for the number of messages in the message queue

       msglen_t        used for the number of bytes allowed in the message queue

       These types are unsigned integer types that are able to store values at least as large as a type unsigned short.

       The <sys/msg.h> header defines the following constant as a message operation flag:

       MSG_NOERROR     no error if big message

       The msqid_ds structure contains the following members:

       struct ipc_perm    msg_perm      Operation permission structure.
       msgqnum_t          msg_qnum      Number of messages currently on queue.
       msglen_t           msg_qbytes    Maximum number of bytes allowed on queue.
       pid_t              msg_lspid     Process ID of last msgsnd(2).
       pid_t              msg_lrpid     Process ID of last msgrcv(2).
       time_t             msg_stime     Time of last msgsnd().
       time_t             msg_rtime     Time of last msgrcv().
       time_t             msg_ctime     Time of last change.

       The pid_t, time_t, key_t, size_t, and ssize_t types are defined as described in <sys/types.h>. See types(3HEAD).

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability          |Standard                     |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       msgctl(2), msgget(2), msgrcv(2), msgsnd(2), ipc.h(3HEAD), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10                                                          10 Sep 2004                                                       msg.h(3HEAD)
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