diff --git a/test/xorriso.1 b/test/xorriso.1
index ac9b3be6..c3e2644d 100644
--- a/test/xorriso.1
+++ b/test/xorriso.1
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH XORRISO 1 "October 23, 2007"
+.TH XORRISO 1 "October 27, 2007"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ Delete the given files from the ISO image.
 \fB\-rm_r\fR iso_rr_path [...]
 Delete the given files or directory trees from the ISO image.
 .TP
-> \fB\-mv\fR iso_rr_path [...] iso_rr_path
+\fB\-mv\fR iso_rr_path [...] iso_rr_path
 Rename the given file objects in the ISO tree to the last
 argument in the list. Use the same rules as with shell command mv.
 .TP
diff --git a/test/xorriso.c b/test/xorriso.c
index c33660ba..8733f5d6 100644
--- a/test/xorriso.c
+++ b/test/xorriso.c
@@ -4102,18 +4102,67 @@ int Xorriso_option_mkdiri(struct XorrisO *xorriso, int argc, char **argv,
 int Xorriso_option_mvi(struct XorrisO *xorriso, int argc, char **argv,
                       int *idx, int flag)
 {
- int i, end_idx;
+ int i, end_idx, ret, is_dir= 0, was_failure= 0;
+ char sfe[4*SfileadrL], eff_origin[SfileadrL], eff_dest[SfileadrL];
+ char dest_dir[SfileadrL], *leafname;
 
  end_idx= Xorriso__end_idx(argc, argv, *idx, 0);
+ if(end_idx - *idx < 2) {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "-mvi: not enough arguments");
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+   {ret= 0; goto ex;}
+ }
 
- fprintf(stderr, ">>> LIBISOFS : -mvi  I: ");
- for(i= *idx; i<end_idx-1; i++)
-   fprintf(stderr, "%s ", argv[i]);
- fprintf(stderr, " -> I: %s", argv[end_idx-1]);
- fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-
+ /* Check existence of old addresses */
+ for(i= *idx; i<end_idx-1; i++) {
+   ret= Xorriso_normalize_img_path(xorriso, argv[i], eff_origin, 1);
+   if(ret<=0)
+     {ret= 0; goto ex;}
+ }
+ /* Evaluate target address */
+ ret= Xorriso_normalize_img_path(xorriso, argv[end_idx-1], eff_dest, 1);
+ if(ret<0)
+   {ret= 0; goto ex;}
+ if(ret==2) {
+   is_dir= 1;
+   strcpy(dest_dir, eff_dest);
+ } else if(end_idx - *idx > 2) {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+        "-mvi: more than one origin given, destination is a non-directory: %s",
+        Text_shellsafe(argv[end_idx-1], sfe, 0));
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+   {ret= 0; goto ex;}
+ }
+ /* Perform movements */
+ for(i= *idx; i<end_idx-1; i++) {
+   ret= Xorriso_normalize_img_path(xorriso, argv[i], eff_origin, 1);
+   if(ret<=0)
+     {ret= 0; goto ex;}
+   if(is_dir) {
+     leafname= strrchr(eff_origin, '/');
+     if(leafname==NULL)
+       leafname= eff_origin;
+     else
+       leafname++;
+     strcpy(eff_dest, dest_dir);
+     ret= Sfile_add_to_path(eff_dest, leafname, 0);
+     if(ret<=0) {
+       printf(xorriso->info_text, "Effective path gets much too long (%d)",
+             strlen(eff_dest)+strlen(leafname)+1);
+       Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+       {ret= 0; goto ex;}
+     }
+   }
+   ret= Xorriso_rename(xorriso, eff_origin, eff_dest, 0);
+   if(ret<0)
+     goto ex;
+   if(ret==0)
+     was_failure= 1;
+ }
+ ret= !was_failure;
+ex:;
  (*idx)= end_idx;
- return(1);
+ return(ret);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/test/xorriso_timestamp.h b/test/xorriso_timestamp.h
index 2cb01757..d065e547 100644
--- a/test/xorriso_timestamp.h
+++ b/test/xorriso_timestamp.h
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2007.10.24.175337"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2007.10.27.224148"
diff --git a/test/xorrisoburn.c b/test/xorrisoburn.c
index 36965331..d19b0478 100644
--- a/test/xorrisoburn.c
+++ b/test/xorrisoburn.c
@@ -450,17 +450,22 @@ int Xorriso_normalize_img_path(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *img_path,
      return(ret);
  }
 
- if(Sfile_str(path, img_path, 0)<=0)
-   return(-1);
+ if(img_path[0]!='/') {
+   strcpy(path, xorriso->wdi);
+   ret= Sfile_add_to_path(path, img_path, 0);
+   if(ret<=0)
+     goto much_too_long;
+ } else
+   if(Sfile_str(path, img_path, 0)<=0)
+     return(-1);
  apt= npt= path;
  eff_path[0]= 0;
- if(path[0]==0)
-   return(2);
 
  if(path[0]!='/') {
    sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-          "Unsupported relative addressing in iso_rr_path '%s'", img_path);
-   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, errno, "SORRY", 0);
+        "Internal error: Unresolvable relative addressing in iso_rr_path '%s'",
+        img_path);
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, errno, "FATAL", 0);
    return(-1);
  }
 
@@ -502,6 +507,7 @@ bonked_root:;
    }
    ret= Sfile_add_to_path(eff_path, apt, 0);
    if(ret<=0) {
+much_too_long:;
      sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Effective path gets much too long (%d)",
              strlen(eff_path)+strlen(apt)+1);
      if(!(flag&1))
@@ -527,7 +533,8 @@ bonked_root:;
 }
 
 
-/* @return <=0 = error , 1 = added simple node , 2 = added directory */
+/** @param flag bit0= mkdir: graft in as empty directory, not as copy from disk
+    @return <=0 = error , 1 = added simple node , 2 = added directory */
 int Xorriso_graft_in(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *disk_path, char *img_path,
                      int flag)
 {
@@ -566,31 +573,33 @@ int Xorriso_graft_in(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *disk_path, char *img_path,
  path[sizeof(path)-1]= 0;
  apt= npt= path;
 
- if(lstat(disk_path, &stbuf) == -1) {
-   Xorriso_process_msg_queues(xorriso,0);
-   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-          "Cannot determine attributes of source file '%s'",disk_path);
-   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, errno, "SORRY", 0);
-   return(0);
- }
- if(S_ISDIR(stbuf.st_mode))
-   is_dir= 1;
- else if(!(S_ISREG(stbuf.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(stbuf.st_mode))) {
-   Xorriso_process_msg_queues(xorriso,0);
-   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-           "Source file '%s' is of non-supported file type", disk_path);
-   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
-   return(0);
- } else {
-   l= strlen(img_path);
-   if(l>0)
-     if(img_path[l-1]=='/')
-       l= 0;
-   if(l==0) {
+ if(!(flag&1)) {
+   if(lstat(disk_path, &stbuf) == -1) {
+     Xorriso_process_msg_queues(xorriso,0);
      sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-             "Source '%s' is not a directory. Target '%s' would be.",
-             disk_path, img_path);
+            "Cannot determine attributes of source file '%s'",disk_path);
+     Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, errno, "SORRY", 0);
+     return(0);
+   }
+   if(S_ISDIR(stbuf.st_mode))
+     is_dir= 1;
+   else if(!(S_ISREG(stbuf.st_mode) || S_ISLNK(stbuf.st_mode))) {
+     Xorriso_process_msg_queues(xorriso,0);
+     sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+             "Source file '%s' is of non-supported file type", disk_path);
      Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+     return(0);
+   } else {
+     l= strlen(img_path);
+     if(l>0)
+       if(img_path[l-1]=='/')
+         l= 0;
+     if(l==0) {
+       sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+               "Source '%s' is not a directory. Target '%s' would be.",
+               disk_path, img_path);
+       Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+     }
    }
  }
 
@@ -633,7 +642,7 @@ int Xorriso_graft_in(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *disk_path, char *img_path,
        return(0);
      }
      dir= (struct iso_tree_node_dir *) node;
-   } else if(is_dir || !done) {
+   } else if(is_dir || (flag&1) || !done) {
      dir= iso_tree_add_dir(dir, apt);
      if(dir==NULL) {
        Xorriso_process_msg_queues(xorriso,0);
@@ -649,7 +658,10 @@ int Xorriso_graft_in(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *disk_path, char *img_path,
    }
    if(done) {
 attach_source:;
-     if(is_dir) {
+     if(flag&1) {
+       /* directory node was created above */;
+
+     } else if(is_dir) {
 
        /* >>> do this by own recursive operation in order to gain
               full control with overwriting */;
@@ -1375,3 +1387,81 @@ ex:;
 }
 
 
+int Xorriso_rename(struct XorrisO *xorriso, 
+                   char origin[], char dest[], int flag)
+{
+ int ret;
+ char sfe[4*SfileadrL], eff_dest[SfileadrL], dir_adr[SfileadrL], *cpt;
+ char *leafname;
+ struct iso_volume *volume;
+ struct iso_tree_node_dir *origin_dir, *dest_dir;
+ struct iso_tree_node *node;
+
+ /* Check whether destination exists and may be not overwriteable */
+ ret= Xorriso_normalize_img_path(xorriso, dest, eff_dest, 1);
+ if(ret<0)
+   return(ret);
+ if(ret==2) {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Renaming refuses to unlink directory: %s",
+           Text_shellsafe(eff_dest, sfe, 0));
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+   return(0);
+ } else if (ret==1 && !xorriso->do_overwrite) {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "Renaming may not overwite: %s",
+           Text_shellsafe(eff_dest, sfe, 0));
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "SORRY", 0);
+   return(0);
+ } else if(ret>0) {
+   ret= Xorriso_rmi(xorriso, eff_dest, 0);
+   if(ret<=0)
+     return(0);
+ }
+
+ /* Ensure existence of destination directory */
+ strcpy(dir_adr, eff_dest);
+ cpt= strrchr(dir_adr, '/');
+ if(cpt==NULL)
+   cpt= dir_adr+strlen(dir_adr);
+ *cpt= 0;
+ ret= Xorriso_graft_in(xorriso, NULL, dir_adr, 1);
+ if(ret<=0)
+   return(ret);
+
+ /* Move node */
+ ret= Xorriso_get_volume(xorriso, &volume, 0);
+ if(ret<=0)
+   return(ret);
+ dest_dir= (struct iso_tree_node_dir *)
+       iso_tree_volume_path_to_node(volume,dir_adr);
+ strcpy(dir_adr, eff_dest);
+ cpt= strrchr(dir_adr, '/');
+ if(cpt==NULL)
+   cpt= dir_adr+strlen(dir_adr);
+ *cpt= 0;
+ origin_dir= (struct iso_tree_node_dir *)
+      iso_tree_volume_path_to_node(volume,dir_adr);
+ node= iso_tree_volume_path_to_node(volume,origin);
+ if(dest_dir==NULL || origin_dir==NULL || node==NULL) {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+           "Internal error on rename: confirmed node turns out as NULL");
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "FATAL", 0);
+   return(-1);
+ }
+ ret= iso_tree_node_take(origin_dir, node);
+ if(ret==-1) {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+           "Internal error on rename: failed to take node");
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, 0, "FATAL", 0);
+   return(-1);
+ }
+ iso_tree_add_child(dest_dir, node);
+ leafname= strrchr(eff_dest, '/');
+ if(leafname==NULL)
+   leafname= eff_dest;
+ else
+   leafname++;
+ iso_tree_node_set_name(node, leafname);
+ return(1);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/test/xorrisoburn.h b/test/xorrisoburn.h
index 09a4da97..724e7367 100644
--- a/test/xorrisoburn.h
+++ b/test/xorrisoburn.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ int Xorriso_write_growing(struct XorrisO *xorriso, int flag);
 int Xorriso_pacifier_loop(struct XorrisO *xorriso, struct burn_drive *drive,
                           int flag);
 
-/* @return <=0 = error , 1 = added simple node , 2 = added directory
+/* @param flag bit0=graft in as empty directory, not as copy from disk
+   @return <=0 = error , 1 = added simple node , 2 = added directory
 */
 int Xorriso_graft_in(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *disk_path, char *img_path,
                      int flag);
@@ -67,5 +68,8 @@ int Xorriso_ls(struct XorrisO *xorriso, int flag);
 int Xorriso_normalize_img_path(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *img_path,
                                char eff_path[], int flag);
 
+int Xorriso_rename(struct XorrisO *xorriso, 
+                   char origin[], char dest[], int flag);
+
 #endif /* Xorrisoburn_includeD */