| 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
Display 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
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker 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/.
| 2025-03-29 | util-linux 2.41 |