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From: givler@cbmvax.UUCP ( Customer Support)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A potiential nice AmigaDOS comand for 1.4 or 1.5 or ?
Summary: Try ARP 1.3
Message-ID: <7066@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jun 89 03:09:15 GMT
References: <8380.AA8380@heimat> <6955@xyzzy.UUCP>
Reply-To: givler@cbmvax.UUCP (Greg Givler - Customer Support)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 42

In article <6955@xyzzy.UUCP> poirier@dg-rtp.dg.com (Charles Poirier) writes:
>In article <8380.AA8380@heimat> sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) writes:
>>In Message <16087@louie.udel.EDU>, C475141@umcvmb.missouri.edu (BRIAN WHITMAN) writes:
>>
>>>I have a file X in DF1:Mydir1 and I want to move it to DF1:. I would like
>>>to be able to issue a command something like
>>>
>>>     MOVE  DF1:Mydir1/x DF1:
>>
>>  WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WRONG! WROMG! WRONG!
>>  The command already exists (has since before V1.0) and its called "RENAME".
>>  For example:
>>    RENAME  DF1:Mydir1/x DF1:
>>  Will do exactly what you want.
>
>Wromg, eh?  What *I* want is for rename to accept multiple files and a
>directory to move them to.  And preferably have it parse AmigaDos wildcards,
>though a good shell will do that.  Typically I have a whole directory of files
>that I want moved, perhaps into a subdirectory of itself.  With current
>commands, this requires N renames, or (since they both accept wild cards) a
>copy and a delete.  Very frustrating for UNIXoids like me, used to the
>behavior of mv.  Also, for a cross-device rename, it should do what you ask,
>invoking copy and delete (or the equivalent functionality) automatically.
>Again, like UNIX mv.
>
>	Cheers,
>	Charles Poirier

Try ARP, I just installed it on my system at work, but not here at home yet
and it has a move command and uses both UNIX and AMIGADOS wildcards, and seems
very compatible. I like it!

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