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Re: moving files from one volume to another?
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Re: moving files from one volume to another?


  • Subject: Re: moving files from one volume to another?
  • From: Bryan <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 13:33:03 -0400
  • Organization: Apex Radiology

So, you can tell a remote finder to move a file on it's own disk, How
about for PC's?
Has anyone thought about sending SMB by AppleScript to PC's?

garbanzito wrote:

> at 6/18/01, 5:35 PM -0400, they whom i call Bill Christens-Barry wrote:
> >What's the best way in AppleScript to move a file (or folder of or
> >list of files) from one volume to another? The Jon's Commands osaxen
> >doesn't support moving across volumes with the "moveFile" command,
> >so currently I must do a "copyFile" followed by a "deleteFile".
>
> this is basic file system reality. "moving" a file leaves
> the actual file data in the same place on the disk and just
> changes the file system's database so it appears the file
> resides in another folder.
>
> that kind of manipulation is impossible between volumes,
> whether the volumes are on the same physical disk or not.
> so you can only copy it, then delete the original. same is
> true manually in the Finder.
>
> steve harley email@hidden
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References: 
 >moving files from one volume to another? (From: Bill Christens-Barry <email@hidden>)
 >Re: moving files from one volume to another? (From: garbanzito <email@hidden>)

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