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EXCH(1) User Commands EXCH(1)

NAME

exch - atomically exchanges paths between two files

SYNOPSIS

exch oldpath newpath

DESCRIPTION

exch atomically exchanges oldpath and newpath. exch is a simple command wrapping RENAME_EXCHANGE of renameat2 system call.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Display help text and exit.

-V, --version

Print version and exit.

EXIT STATUS

exch has the following exit status values:

0

success

1

unspecified failure

AUTHORS

Masatake YAMATO <yamato@redhat.com>

SEE ALSO

renameat2(2)

REPORTING BUGS

For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/issues>.

AVAILABILITY

The exch command is part of the util-linux package which can be downloaded from Linux Kernel Archive <https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/>.

2024-05-28 util-linux 2.40.2