lane@cs.dal.ca (John Wright/Dr. Pat Lane) (10/06/90)
Hi. I've collected hundreds of utilities over the years but there's one
that I've been waiting for, been really needing, but have never seen (and
of course have been to lazy to write myself :-).
What I want is something to simply move a sub-directory entry from one
directory to another. I use RED, originaly from PC-Magasine, for moving
files but it won't touch directories. RED simply calls a DOS function
(56h, I think) that does all the work...presumably it doesn't like
directories. To move a directory, not only would you have to move the
directory entries, but you would have to alter the first block of the
moved directory to change the starting cluster number of the ".." entry.
I've done it with Norton's enough times, it should be possible for a
program to do.
Another way to do it would be to use the method of RED but make it do a
recursive directory sweep (ie. an "/s" parameter).
Surely there must be something out there to do this? If not, anyone
want to hack it together?
Sorry for the cross-posting, I'm still getting the hang of all these new
groups.
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Internet: lane@cs.dal.ca Uucp: lane@dalcs.uucp or {uunet watmath}!dalcs!lanegordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) (10/07/90)
Well, I think that the 'mv' command in the MKS Toolkit does what you want. However, it is not free, but commercial software. But, perhaps other versions of 'mv' from PD sources will also work.
jaz@icd.ab.com (Jack A. Zucker) (10/08/90)
In article <1990Oct6.180133.2037@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) writes: > > Well, I think that the 'mv' command in the MKS Toolkit does what you > want. However, it is not free, but commercial software. But, perhaps other > versions of 'mv' from PD sources will also work. No, the MKS mv will not move a directory to another path. You can rename the directory but you cannot perform true directory moves such as the following: mv /usr/home / I wish you could do this sort of thing from MKS however. I certainly would be interested if someone comes up with a utility to do it. With MKS I usually perform the following inefficient steps: cp -r /usr/home / rm -rf /usr/home Of course it's painfully slow. I want a move that moves only the directory entries. Of course, I've seen utilities that performed a recursive copy, then a recursive delete such as the previous example. -Jaz | Jack A Zucker {cwjcc,pyramid,decvax,uunet}!jaz@icd.ab.com | | Allen-Bradley Company, Inc. or ICCGCC::ZUCKER | | 747 Alpha Drive | Highland Hts., OH 44143 phone: (216) 646-4668 FAX: (216) 646-4484 |
mvolo@uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) (10/08/90)
Not sure if you want a utility to move just the files in a directory, or to move the directory itself. I've seen (and used) several PD MV utilities (can E-mail if you're interested). If however you want to move a piece of subdirectory tree (complete with files) then you want a prune and graft utility. PC TOOLS and PC MAG utilities both have such a function. -- Michael Volow, Psychiatry, Durham VA Med Center, Durham NC 27712 919 286 0411 Ext 6933 mvolo@ecsvax.edu
mcc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett) (10/10/90)
There are several programs that will do what you want. For example, the PKZIP/PKUNZIP pair can be used to archive a tree starting at some arbitrary branch or is it root since it archives all the twigs or root hairs above or below the starting point. PKZIP is used to create the archive--the switches are documented in the help screen--and it will remove the files and directories that are archived. Move to the desired directory and use PKUNZIP to restore the files and directory structure in the new location. Another program I ran accross years ago was a program called Directory Maintainer which among its attributes was that it would work on a Tandy 2000 as well as an IBM PC. As I recall, you could mark all the files in a dir- ectory and then move them to another directory. If the directory did not exist it would create the directory when requested. The only restriction that I recall was that only the last directory in the target path could be non-existent. Merton
andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) (10/11/90)
In article <1900@abvax.UUCP> jaz@icd.ab.com (Jack A. Zucker) writes: >gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) writes: >> Well, I think that the 'mv' command in the MKS Toolkit does what you want. > >mv /usr/home / # does not work This is not always so. I noticed that it is possible to do this on a NFS mounted drive on a DOS machine when using PC-NFS. >I wish you could do this sort of thing from MKS however. I certainly would >be interested if someone comes up with a utility to do it. With MKS I usually >perform the following inefficient steps: > >cp -r /usr/home / >rm -rf /usr/home > >Of course it's painfully slow. mv -r /usr/home / This will work the same as the above, but is still very slow. I think the `-r' option is a recent addition. -- Andy Toy, Mortice Kern Systems Inc., Internet: andy@mks.com 35 King Street North, Waterloo, UUCP: uunet!watmath!mks!andy Ontario, CANADA N2J 2W9 Phone: 519-884-2251 FAX: 519-884-8861
jaz@icd.ab.com (Jack A. Zucker) (10/11/90)
In article <59109@wlbr.IMSD.CONTEL.COM>, mcc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett) writes: > There are several programs that will do what you want. For example, the > PKZIP/PKUNZIP I think you missed the point. You can copy the files over using xcopy <dirname> <destination> /s It's the functionality of mv <dirname> <destination> that moves the file directory data without having to move the files actual data. This is a big difference! -Jaz | Jack A Zucker {cwjcc,pyramid,decvax,uunet}!jaz@icd.ab.com | | Allen-Bradley Company, Inc. or ICCGCC::ZUCKER | | 747 Alpha Drive | Highland Hts., OH 44143 phone: (216) 646-4668 FAX: (216) 646-4484 |
umrose05@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dave Rose) (10/12/90)
In regards to your message, I have such a utility, and it works great! Dave (umrose05@ccu.umanitoba.ca) *grin* -- Dave Rose : Local (UnixWS) - UMRose05@CCU.UManitoba.CA P.O. Box 403 : Local (Amdahl) - #Rose05@CCM.UManitoba.CA Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: UUCP Node #005 - drose@trash.UUCP R2M-5H3 :