import { PathSpec } from '../../../../types.ts';
import type { DispatchFn } from '../../../../runtime/types.ts';
import type { Namespace } from '../../../mount/namespace/namespace.ts';
import type { Result } from '../types.ts';
export declare function posixRelative(target: string, startDir: string): string;
export declare function linkFlags(args: (string | PathSpec)[], known: string): Set<string>;
export declare function followPaths(namespace: Namespace, items: (string | PathSpec)[], followLast?: boolean, slashFollows?: boolean): (string | PathSpec)[];
export declare function acceptsLine(name: string, args: readonly string[], items: (string | PathSpec)[], cwd: string): boolean;
export declare function stripLinkOperands(name: string, dispatch: DispatchFn, namespace: Namespace, items: (string | PathSpec)[], args: readonly string[], cwd: string): Promise<[(string | PathSpec)[], number, string[]]>;
export interface PreparedMv {
    items: (string | PathSpec)[];
    postUnlink: string | null;
    postRename: [string, string] | null;
    early: Result | null;
}
export declare function prepareMv(namespace: Namespace, dispatch: DispatchFn, items: (string | PathSpec)[]): Promise<PreparedMv>;
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