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From: tlglenn@cs.arizona.edu (Ted L. Glenn)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: MOVE files, not copy.
Message-ID: <1011@caslon.cs.arizona.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 91 06:13:42 GMT
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In article <1991Mar4.044236.4842@cs.mcgill.ca>, storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:
> 
> After a rather lengthy search through the MSDOS manual, I still am at a loss
> on how to MOVE files instead of just copying them.
> 
> IS there a way to do this without the aid of software, or do I have to copy
> each file, and then go back and delete it...?

     I've always wondered if DOS had the move command. To the best of my
knowledge there is none. The closest I could come was to write a batch file
to do the job myself.

      move this.fil that.fil

      echo off
      if %1l == l goto err
      if %2l == l goto err
      copy %1 %2
      del %1
      goto end
      :err
      echo Insufficient parameters
      :end

I typed this from memory, but I think it'll work.


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