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Re: Rename of Groups and Accounts
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Michael I Yawn <[log in to unmask]>
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Michael I Yawn <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 9 Mar 1998 16:48:11 GMT
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Jeanette and Ken Nutsford ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
: MPE has a rename command for files but none for groups or accounts. The
: RESTORE command allows files to be stored to a specific group and account=

: but this can be a labourious approach in the situation where all that is
: required is to change an account name or group name. Are there any tools
: that provide this capability?

: Ken Nutsford

The Posix shell is great for this kind of thing.  Posix can move
all the files for you in one swell foop, but won't actually
create an MPE group.  So the easiest thing to do is:

:newgroup target.account
:sh
shell/iX> cd /ACCOUNT/SOURCE
shell/iX> mv * /ACCOUNT/TARGET

Mike
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