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^Cby
^CHubert C. Borrmann

       MOVE, the command that DOS forgot.

       During the course of a day, we probably move many thousands of bytes 
 from one subdirectory to another.  For this we use the DOS command "COPY" or 
 the superior "XCOPY", but if we don't want to end up having two copies of our 
 data, we then have to delete the source of the copy.  In that case we have 
 moved a lot of bytes unnecessarily, because all we really have to move is the 
 directory entry for that particular file from one directory to another. 

      MOVE can be used like any other external DOS command if you place it in 
 the search-path.  A source and destination have to be given on the command 
 line.  If the destination path is given without a filename, then the filename 
 is picked up from the source.  For example:

        MOVE \mydir\myfile \yurdir   -- would move the file named "myfile"
                                        from the subdirectory \mydir
                                          to the subdirectory \yurdir

      This function has several restrictions:  the source and destination 
 devices have to be the same; and wildcards are not allowed.  The program will 
 NOT overwrite a destination, because (by use of implicit and explicit 
 path\filespecs) both the source and destination could refer to the same file 
 and a deletion would be disastrous.  Otherwise the operation is 
 straightforward. 

 Some syntax examples are: 

                          MOVE  ...without any parameters will display an
                                   introduction and syntax screen.

            MOVE fspec1 fspec2  ...will rename fspec1 in the default directory
                                   to fspec2.

      MOVE fspec1 \dir1\fspec1  ...will move fspec1 from the default directory 
                                   to \dir1 as fspec1.

      MOVE \dir1\fspec1 \dir2\  ...will move fspec1 from \dir1 to \dir2 using
                                   the filename fspec1 from the source.

 MOVE \dir1\fspec1 \dir2\fspec2 ...moves fspec1 from \dir1 to \dir2 as fspec2.
 
 The program checks for several error conditions and displays an appropriate
 error message. A successful completion is also indicated.  
 
 After you have used MOVE for just a few days, you will wonder how you ever got 
 along without this command. 
 

^COutside BBD

    To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1MOVE^0.

 DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FMOVE.COM