Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!uta!kielo!av From: av@kielo.uta.fi (Arto V. Viitanen) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: MOVE files, not copy. Message-ID: Date: 5 Mar 91 07:51:15 GMT References: <2851@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <5yN0X2w163w@cybrspc> <1991Mar4.044236.4842@cs.mcgill.ca> <1991Mar4.171559.19950@ucselx.sdsu.edu> Sender: news@uta.fi Reply-To: av@uta.fi (Arto Viitanen) Organization: University of Tampere, Finland Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: uta.fi In-reply-to: butler@saturn.sdsu.edu's message of 4 Mar 91 17:15:59 GMT >>>>> On 4 Mar 91 17:15:59 GMT, butler@saturn.sdsu.edu (Michael Butler) said: Mike> 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...? > Mike> Have you looked at the dos command "rename" ? Yes MSDOS have a function to move a file from one directory to another in a disk. RENAME command, however can only move in a directory. So, you should either write your own program using the function, or get some public domain program doing this. -- Arto V. Viitanen email: av@kielo.uta.fi University Of Tampere, av@ohdake.cs.uta.fi Finland