Re: Moving folders to new directory location

I need to move C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan-Laptop(user) to the new location without compromising any files.

Then do as Corion suggested and use

system q[xcopy /E /O /K C:\Documents and Settings\Ryan-Laptop(user) U:
+\newName];
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as any other method (including Win32::CopyFile()), will compromise the files by not copying their security attributes (ACLs etc.).

Read the help for xcopy to find out why /O is important. You might also want /X

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Re^2: Moving folders to new directory location by rovf (Priest) on Jun 24, 2010 at 07:48 UTC
Nearly correct. We need to DOS-quote the argument, because of the embedded spaces. BTW, though not necessary in the concrete example, I think it would be a good idea to always use `\\` instead of `\` even withing `q[...]`, because this will be needed anyway when directories are specified by using UNC pathes. -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l] [select]