---
name: "mdmv"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "mailscripts"
version: "30-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mdmv"
---

# mdmv(1)

safely move messages between maildirs

## NAME

mdmv - safely move messages between maildirs

## SYNOPSIS

mdmv MSG \[MSG..\] DEST

## DESCRIPTION

**mdmv** moves one or more messages, from one or more maildirs, to a single destination maildir.  It does this in a way that should not confuse maildir synchronisation tools.

**mdmv** tries to be sure not to overwrite any existing files, but it does not try as hard to "deliver" the mail to the destination maildir as a real MDA would, giving up rather earlier.  Thus, **mdmv** is intended to be used by scripts running on the same host upon which the maildirs are actually stored.

## OPTIONS

None.

## SEE ALSO

[**maildir**(5)](/maildir/5.md)

## AUTHOR

**mdmv** was written by Sean Whitton \<spwhitton@spwhitton.name\>.