Move Links

CLI utility to move (or rename) your files to a new location and redirect all of its symbolic links, to the new path (or name).

Usage

executing mvl --help to show the help message

Move Links <version>
Ben Mefteh F. <[email protected]>
Move (or rename) SOURCE to DEST, and redirect all ot its symbolic links inside of LINKS_DIRECTORY

USAGE:
    mvl <SOURCE> <DEST> --links-dir <LINKS_DIRECTORY>

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -d, --links-dir <LINKS_DIRECTORY>    Directory in which to search for symbolic links of SOURCE

ARGS:
    <SOURCE>    Source file or directory
    <DEST>      Destination (output) file or directory

How does it work

Move Links works under the hood by calling three commands:

• find for finding the SOURCE symbolic links
• ln for redirecting the existing symbolic links to DEST
• And finally mv for moving SOURCE to DEST

Installation

Using cargo: cargo install move-links