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- From: kjb@calmasd.prime.com (Ken Brucker)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: RE: MOVE for VMS
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.090433.1045@calmasd.prime.com>
- Date: 16 Dec 92 17:04:33 GMT
- References: <1992Dec14.134203.382@ifi.unizh.ch> <1992Dec14.114916.1@vms.ocom.okstate.edu>,<14DEC199220325248@spades.aces.com> <1992Dec15.121324.15765@slcs.slb.com>
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- In article <1992Dec15.121324.15765@slcs.slb.com>, brydon@asl.slb.com (Harvey Brydon (918)250-4312) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec14.114916.1@vms.ocom.okstate.edu>, churchwell@vms.ocom.okstate.edu (Kimberly B. Churchwell) writes...
- >>#In article <1992Dec14.134203.382@ifi.unizh.ch>,
- >>#mueller@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Eric Mueller) writes:
- >>#>> I am looking for a Vms MOVE command (I'ld prefer a fully Vms command
- >>#>> which allows /LOG, /CONFIRM, /EXCLUDE etc. qualifiers).
- >>#>
- >>#> What about a simple RENAME oldfile.lis newfile.lis?? I think this is
- >>#> doing what you want, isnt it.
- >>#
- >>#Except that RENAME doesn't work across devices, so you can't move files
- >>#from disk to disk using this method.
- >
- > The backup command might be a bit safer:
- >
- > $ move == "$ backup /delete"
- >
- > (except that you don't get the /confirm qualifier)
-
- You don't? It works for me! Give it a try...backup/delete/confirm and it asks
- if you wish to copy each file specified as input.
-
- Ken
-
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