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From: tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Move a file from one directory to another.
Message-ID: <7460@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: 26 May 89 19:13:22 GMT
References: <2638@lethe.UUCP>
Reply-To: tim@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Maroney)
Organization: Eclectic Software, San Francisco
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In article <2638@lethe.UUCP> drew@lethe.UUCP (Drew Sullivan) writes:
>How does a program move a file from one directory to another.
>
>	Rename("\pvol:dir:file", 0, "\pvol:dir2:file");
>
>fails.  I know it can be done, the finder does it.
>
>	Think-C's rename(from, to) should have handled the case
>for moving from directory to directory, but it doesn't either.

Use the PBCatMove function documented in Inside Mac IV-157.  It will move
not only files but directories.  PBRename and PBHRename only change the
name of a file within its current folder.
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