Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!mips!cs.uoregon.edu!ns.uoregon.edu!milton!sumax!halcyon!ralphs From: halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu (Ralph Sims) Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: 4dos misfeature? Message-ID: Date: 7 Mar 91 04:15:45 GMT References: <1828@manta.NOSC.MIL> Organization: The 23:00 News and Mail Service Lines: 41 north@manta.NOSC.MIL (Mark H. North) writes: > If the move command is not supposed to be used for this purpose the *polite* > (read non-RUDE) thing for it to do us warn you of impending disaster not > trash your disk. Jeesh. It would have... from the manual... It says nothing about using it in place of RENAME. MOVE Syntax: MOVE [/PQR] [d:][path]filename... [d:][path]filename Purpose: Move files to other directories and drives. Comments: The MOVE command moves the specified file(s) to the last filename specified, which is designated as the target. If the target already exists, it is deleted when the file is moved. You cannot move a file to a character device or to itself. The /P(rompt) option will prompt you for a Y or N response to confirm each move. The /Q(uiet) option turns off the display of the files moved. The /R(eplace) option will prompt you for a Y or N response before overwriting an existing file. MOVE first attempts to rename the file(s). If that fails (the target is on a different drive, or the target already exists), MOVE will copy the file(s) and then delete the originals. If MOVE cannot delete the original (for example, a read-only file), it will display an error message, but the target file is still created. -- halcyon!ralphs@seattleu.edu The 23:00 News and Mail Service - +1 206 292 9048 - Seattle, WA USA +++ A Waffle Iron +++