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@@ -9094,6 +9094,9 @@ However, on other systems (at least FreeBSD 6.1 and Solaris 10) it silently
renames not the symlink but rather the directory referenced by the symlink.
@xref{Trailing slashes}.
+@emph{Note}: @command{mv} will only replace empty directories in the
+destination. Conflicting populated directories are skipped with a diagnostic.
+
The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
@table @samp