User's Guide for MS-DOS Clients

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Enhanced Reference
Command and Utility Summary
Net Move
Purpose
The net move command moves files across the network from a source to a
destination.
Syntax
net move source [destination]
where
source
Is the path of one or more files to move. Specify multiple filenames with
MS-DOS wildcard characters.
destination
Is the path to which source moves. When you are moving more than one file,
destination must be a directory. When you omit destination, files move to the
current directory. LAN Manager Enhanced won’t overwrite an existing file
during a move. If destination is an existing file, the move is canceled.
Comments
Use this command to move files between any two directories you have
access to on the network.
Moving a file is different from copying a file. Moving relocates the file;
copying makes a duplicate. The moved file is given the date and time that
the move occurred.
You can move files between two remote computers. For instance, while
working at workstation A, you can move files between servers B and C. You
don’t have to connect to shared directories to use net move. LAN Manager
Enhanced makes the connections for you.
NOTE: When moving files from one shared directory to the root of another shared directory,
specify the backslash (\) in the destination. For example:
net move e:\text\*.* f:\.
Example
• To move all the files in the TEXT directory on drive C to the BUDGET