vfs.move

function

Library: File system utilities (OMVFS)
Import : omvfs.xmd

Declaration
export external function move
                value string source-path
        on      value directory source-dir optional
        to      value string target-path
        in      value directory target-dir optional

Argument definitions

source-path
The path to the directory or file to be moved.
source-dir
A connected VFS directory object. If this parameter is specified, the source-path parameter is interpreted relative to the vfs.directory and must be in the form of a relative URL.
target-path
The path to the target directory or file for the move.
target-dir
A connected VFS directory object. If this parameter is specified, the target-path parameter is interpreted relative to the vfs.directory and must be in the form of a relative URL.


Purpose

You can use vfs.move to move a file or a directory (including all subdirectories and files) to a new location.

  import "omvfs.xmd" prefixed by vfs.
  
  process
    vfs.move "c:/omnimark/projects/vfstest"
    to "c:/omnimark/archive"

Exceptions

The following exceptions may occur:

Troublshooting

See vfs.copy for a discussion of the difficulties that can occur when specifying the destination of a move or copy operation.