Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!stanford.edu!msi.umn.edu!cs.umn.edu!cybrspc!roy From: roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: MOVE files, not copy. Message-ID: Date: 7 Mar 91 05:55:33 GMT References: <1991Mar4.044236.4842@cs.mcgill.ca> Organization: Villa CyberSpace, Minneapolis, MN Lines: 22 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...? Easy answer, Marc... run, do not walk, to your nearest archive site and grab 4dos! 4dos will move files, and a heck of a lot more. I can't stand command.com anymore, after using 4dos for a few months. (command history, filename completion, swap to memory or disk, extended batch commands.... ya gotta try it to believe it!) -- Roy M. Silvernail -- roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu - OR- cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu perl -e '$x = 1/20; print "Just my \$$x! (adjusted for inflation)\n"' [space reserved for clever quote]{mail your submissions}