NAME

       pmlogmv - move (rename) Performance Co-Pilot archive files

SYNOPSIS

       pmlogmv [-fNV?]  oldname newname

DESCRIPTION

       A  Performance  Co-Pilot  (PCP)  archive  consists  of multiple files as created by pmlogger(1).  pmlogmv
       allows all the files of a single PCP archive to be moved or renamed as a group in a single operation.

       The oldname argument identifies the target archive, and may be either the basename that is common to  all
       files in that archive or one of the archive's files.  The new archive's basename is newname.

       Because  PCP  archives  are  important  records  of  system activity, special care is taken to ensure the
       integrity of an archive's files.  For recoverable problems encountered during the execution  of  pmlogmv,
       all the files associated with oldname will be preserved, and no new files with the newname prefix will be
       created.  ``Recoverable problems'' include signals that can be caught (such as  SIGHUP,  SIGINT,  SIGQUIT
       and SIGTERM), permissions issues, new files already existing, file system full events, etc.

       The implementation of pmlogmv uses hard links in the file system and so follows the semantic restrictions
       of ln(2) which for most systems means the directories containing both the oldname  and  the  newname  PCP
       archive files need to be writeable and within the same file system.

OPTIONS

       The available command line options are:

       -f, --force
            Normally  pmlogmv  takes  a  conservative view in respect of newname and will not proceed if newname
            contains any characters that are likely to cause  a  problem  for  sh(1).   This  includes  ``glob''
            characters  like  ``?'',  ``*'' and ``['', shell syntax meta characters like ``('', ``|'', ``;'' and
            ``&'', shell I/O redirection characters like ``<'' and ``>'', the dollar sign, a space, etc.

            The -f flag forces pmlogmv to proceed, even if newname contains any of these ``unsafe'' characters.

       -N, --showme
            Perform a dry-run, checking and reporting what changes would be made without making any changes.

       -V, --verbose
            Enable verbose mode.

       -?, --help
            Display usage message and exit.

DIAGNOSTICS

       All error and warning messages are intended to be easily understood and errors produce  a  non-zero  exit
       status.

SEE ALSO

       ln(1) and pmlogger(1).