Section 1 · User commands
exch.1
Package: util-linux
EXCH
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXIT STATUS
AUTHORS
SEE ALSO
REPORTING BUGS
AVAILABILITY
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
Print 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
renameat2(2)
REPORTING BUGS
For bug reports, use the issue tracker at <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/>.