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move(from, to, verbose = false) public

Moves a file from to to using #syscopy. If to is a directory, copies from from to to/from. If verbose is true, from -> to is printed.

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# File lib/ftools.rb, line 99
  def move(from, to, verbose = false)
    to = catname(from, to)
    $stderr.print from, " -> ", to, "\n" if verbose

    if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /djgpp|(cyg|ms|bcc)win|mingw/ and file? to
      unlink to
    end
    fstat = stat(from)
    begin
      rename from, to
    rescue
      begin
        symlink readlink(from), to and unlink from
      rescue
        from_stat = stat(from)
        syscopy from, to and unlink from
        utime(from_stat.atime, from_stat.mtime, to)
        begin
          chown(fstat.uid, fstat.gid, to)
        rescue
        end
      end
    end
  end

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