in reply to moving files

In Unix at least, the rename function is also used to move a file, although it cannot move a file between different file systems. For that, you would have to use one of the other suggestions posted.

I don't know how rename behaves under NT or other operating systems.

--ZZamboni

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Rename works as well under Win32
by Corion (Patriarch) on May 25, 2000 at 12:11 UTC
    Under Win32 variants (Win9x and Windows NT and Windows 2000), rename works a expected, that is, it can move within one file system.
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