moveFile(String,String)

Synopsis

• Function: moveFile

• Usage:

  moveFile(src,dst)

• Inputs:
  • src, a string, the filename or path to an existing file
  • dst, a string, the new filename or path to a location (on the same file system). Omit this argument and an appropriately numbered backup filename will be invented.
• Optional inputs:
  • Verbose => a Boolean value, default value false, whether to report individual file operations
• Outputs:
  • the name of the backup file if one was created, or null
• Consequences:

  • the file will be moved by creating a new link to the file and removing the old one

Description

i1 : src = temporaryFileName()

o1 = /tmp/M2-499454-0/0

i2 : dst = temporaryFileName()

o2 = /tmp/M2-499454-0/1

i3 : src << "hi there" << close

o3 = /tmp/M2-499454-0/0

o3 : File

i4 : moveFile(src,dst,Verbose=>true)
--moving: /tmp/M2-499454-0/0 -> /tmp/M2-499454-0/1

i5 : get dst

o5 = hi there

i6 : bak = moveFile(dst,Verbose=>true)
--backup file created: /tmp/M2-499454-0/1.bak

o6 = /tmp/M2-499454-0/1.bak

i7 : removeFile bak

See also

• copyFile