Re: Move replacing
Re: Move replacing
- Subject: Re: Move replacing
- From: "Marc K. Myers" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 01:24:35 -0400
- Organization: [very little]
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From: Leigh Trevaskis <email@hidden>
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: Move replacing
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Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 10:18:22 +1000
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Hi there,
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I am trying to work around a bug with creating log files and replacing them
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when a new one is written instead of creating a copy of it. I tried moving
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the old file to another directory and then write the new log file then move
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the new file where the old one is with replacing, then moving the log file
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to where I wanted it. This worked but it put the old document into the trash
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which is not what I wanted. I didn't realize that when you add "replacing
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existing items" it actually "deletes existing items". Has anyone else come
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across this problem, or know of it or any ways around it (i.e. not having
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the files in trash)? I don't want to use the empty trash command because I
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don't want other trash items to be emptied.
The "deleteFiles" command in Jon's Commands offers options that allow
you to zap files without moving them to the trash. So does the
"collate" command in Akua Sweets.
Marc K. Myers <email@hidden>
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