exch(1) — Linux manual page

EXCH(1)                       User Commands                       EXCH(1)

NAME         top

       exch - atomically exchanges paths between two files

SYNOPSIS         top

       exch oldpath newpath

DESCRIPTION         top

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

OPTIONS         top

       -h, --help
           Display help text and exit.

       -V, --version
           Print version and exit.

EXIT STATUS         top

       exch has the following exit status values:

       0
           success

       1
           unspecified failure

AUTHORS         top

       Masatake YAMATO <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO         top

       renameat2(2)

REPORTING BUGS         top

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

AVAILABILITY         top

       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/>. This page is
       part of the util-linux (a random collection of Linux utilities)
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util-linux 2.41.devel-938-0a... 2025-01-15                        EXCH(1)

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