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- MOVE.COM (Transient)
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- Ver 1.3 10 Apr 1986
- By Jay B. Harlow
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- Purpose
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- Move files from one filespec to a new filespec.
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- Entry forms
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- MOVE ?
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- MOVE [option] srcspec [option]
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- MOVE [option] srcspec [option] desspec
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- where ? invokes the MOVE help screen
- option is /P or -P
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- srcspec is the filespec of the file you wish to move.
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- desspec is the filespec of where you wish the file to
- be moved to.
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- a filespec is [d:][path][filename], wildcard characters
- are allowed and will cause multiple files to be moved.
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- Command Line Entry
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- Command can be invoked by entering MOVE followed by one or two
- parameters at the DOS prompt.
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- File Specification
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- Filespecs given can be a full path along with optional drive
- and wildcard characters. When the desspec is missing all the
- srcspec files are move to the current directory and drive.
- When either the source or the destination is only a drive or
- directory, all the standard files in that drive or directory
- are moved.
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- Options
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- An option to MOVE is a '/' (forward slash) or a '-' (minus sign)
- followed by a single letter, upper and lower case are the same
- the only option currently allowed is '/P' which forces MOVE
- to pause, waiting for a key to be pressed, before moving any files.
- This allows the user to swap disks if needed.
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- Return Codes
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- Currently MOVE returns three different error codes to DOS.
- A 0 is returned if MOVE did what you wanted, a 1 is
- returned if MOVE was unable to do what you wanted, and a
- 255 is returned if Control-C (Control-Break) was pressed.
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