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Move(V1.3) ARP User's Manual Move(V1.3)
NAME
Move - Move (Rename) a file.
SYNOPSIS
Move From/a To=As/a CASE/s QUIET/s
DESCRIPTION
This command is the same as Rename, but can also Move
(rename) files from device to device. This is a far more
capable command, and you should consider replacing Rename
entirely with this command, and use an Alias (see the Ash
Manual for more information on Alias's) for older scripts
which still need Rename. Using Move to move files from
device to device is cleaner (and usually faster) than using
a Copy and then a Delete.
FILE SPECIFICATION
As usual with ARP commands, you have a lot of flexibility in
specifying the files you wish to move, and the names you
wish to move them to. For the From argument, you can specify
a single file, or a range of files using patterns. The To
argument can be a single file (if From was a single file) or
it can be a directory or a pathname. If you want to move
files to the current directory, you can use a single dot
('.') to indicate the current directory.
You can specify wildcard characters in the To argument,
which will cause Move to build a new filename based on the
old. The syntax expected is:
<optional_prefix>*<optional_postfix>
You may specify neither, one, or both of these optional
tags. If you exceed the length of an AmigaDOS filename (30
characters as of this writing) the name will be silently
truncated. You can also indicate which portion of the From
filename you want to be replaced by using the wildcard
characters in the source pattern. The rule followed is that
any constant (i.e., non-wildcarded portion) of the
source pattern is discarded. As an example, the
command:
Move l* start*end
will move all files beginning with an 'l'. The destination
names these will be copied to will be formed by removing the
'l', and sticking 'start' on the front, and 'end' on the
back. So, for example, the file 'LXXX' would be copied to
the file 'startXXXend'. If the start or end patterns are
omitted, these are regarded as null strings.
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Move(V1.3) ARP User's Manual Move(V1.3)
OPTIONS
CASE If you specify the CASE keyword, Move will CAPITALIZE
the first character in each destination file. A handy
way to make all of the commands in a directory start
with a Capital is to use the command:
1> Move SomeDir/* SomeDir CASE.
QUIET
If you use wildcards, Move will report its activities
as it moves the files. This switch overrides this
behavior, causing Move to do its work silently. Note
that error messages will still be displayed even if
QUIET has been selected.
EXAMPLE
Move df0:c/why RAD:c CASE
This moves the file why to the directory RAD:c, capitalizing
the destination filename to "Why".
Move df1:src/*.c ARCHIVES:src
This Moves all the files ending in '.c' to the directory src
on the volume ARCHIVES.
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