PERL Beginners - Moving Directories containing files (something more tricky)

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Moving Directories containing files (something more tricky)

Bastian Angerstein

2005-02-24, 3:56 pm

Hello there,

I have a tricky problem, I have some (alot) directories containing
alot of files. I want to move the directory /xyz/123/ with all containing
files to /xyz/abc/123.

The source directory does not (or should not) contain subdirectories.

Does anybody have something for me ?

Thanks,
Bastian

Wiggins d'Anconia

2005-02-24, 3:56 pm

Bastian Angerstein wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I have a tricky problem, I have some (alot) directories containing
> alot of files. I want to move the directory /xyz/123/ with all containing
> files to /xyz/abc/123.
>
> The source directory does not (or should not) contain subdirectories.
>
> Does anybody have something for me ?
>
> Thanks,
> Bastian
>
>

perldoc -f mkdir
perldoc -f rename
perldoc File::Path
perldoc File::Copy

What have you tried, where did you fail?

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Chris Devers

2005-02-24, 3:56 pm

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Bastian Angerstein wrote:

> I have a tricky problem, I have some (alot) directories containing
> alot of files. I want to move the directory /xyz/123/ with all
> containing files to /xyz/abc/123.

Maybe I'm being dense, but doesn't that just mean

mkdir /xyz/abc
mv /xyz/123 /xyz/abc/123

?

It shouldn't matter how full 123 is; moving it is a simple operation.

If you're trying to do something more complex that I'm missing, maybe
you should describe the problem a bit more, and show us the code that
you've been attempting to use.

--
Chris Devers

JupiterHost.Net

2005-02-24, 3:56 pm

> perldoc -f mkdir
> perldoc -f rename
> perldoc File::Path
> perldoc File::Copy

Also see, File::Copy::Recursive :) quite nice and simple.

HTH :)

Lee.M - JupiterHost.Net

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