FileMove

PowerScript function

Description

Moves a file.

Syntax

1	FileMove ( sourcefile, targetfile )

Argument	Description
sourcefile	String for the name of the file you want to move
targetfile	String for the name of the location you are moving the file

Return value

Integer.

Returns values as follows:

1 — Success

-1 — Error opening sourcefile

-2 — Error writing targetfile

Usage

You cannot write to a target file if a file with the same name
already exists in the target directory. If you want to copy over a target
file, you can use FileCopy and set the replace argument to true.

Examples

This example moves a file from the current directory to a different
directory and saves the return value in the li_FileNum variable:

integer li_FileNum

li_FileNum = FileMove ("june.csv", &

"H:/project/june2000.csv" )

See also

FileCopy

GetCurrentDirectory

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