Thanks! The fact that File::Copy is one of the standard (already installed) Perl modules is a plus.

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use File::Copy;

my $source_dir = '/home/my/this_dir';
my $destination_dir = '/usr/local/elsewhere/this_dir';

move("$source_dir", "$destination_dir");
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And I think this

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use File::Copy;
use Carp qw(croak);

move_reliable("$source_dir", "$destination_dir");

sub move_reliable {
    my ( $source, $destination ) = @_;
    my $source_size = (-s $source) || 0;

    move( $source, $destination )
        || croak("move_reliable($source, $destination) failed: $!");
    my $destination_size = (-s $destination) || 0;
    croak(
        "move_reliable($source, $destination) failed copied $destination_size bytes out of $source_size"
        )
        if ( $source_size != $destination_size );
    1;
}
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from Leon Brocard's File::Copy::Reliable is also nice.

In reply to Re^3: What is the best way to move a directory? by wenD
in thread What is the best way to move a directory? by wenD

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