method

mv

v1_9_1_378 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: FileUtils

mv(src, dest, options = {}) public

Options: force noop verbose

Moves file(s) src to dest. If file and dest exist on the different disk partition, the file is copied then the original file is removed.

FileUtils.mv 'badname.rb', 'goodname.rb'
FileUtils.mv 'stuff.rb', '/notexist/lib/ruby', :force => true  # no error

FileUtils.mv %w(junk.txt dust.txt), '/home/aamine/.trash/'
FileUtils.mv Dir.glob('test*.rb'), 'test', :noop => true, :verbose => true

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# File lib/fileutils.rb, line 498
  def mv(src, dest, options = {})
    fu_check_options options, OPT_TABLE['mv']
    fu_output_message "mv#{options[:force] ? ' -f' : ''} #{[src,dest].flatten.join ' '}" if options[:verbose]
    return if options[:noop]
    fu_each_src_dest(src, dest) do |s, d|
      destent = Entry_.new(d, nil, true)
      begin
        if destent.exist?
          if destent.directory?
            raise Errno::EEXIST, dest
          else
            destent.remove_file if rename_cannot_overwrite_file?
          end
        end
        begin
          File.rename s, d
        rescue Errno::EXDEV
          copy_entry s, d, true
          if options[:secure]
            remove_entry_secure s, options[:force]
          else
            remove_entry s, options[:force]
          end
        end
      rescue SystemCallError
        raise unless options[:force]
      end
    end
  end

mv

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