Re: moving files from one volume to another?
Re: moving files from one volume to another?
- Subject: Re: moving files from one volume to another?
- From: garbanzito <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2001 09:11:03 -0600
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