I thought if I did:
File.move("mydir","mynewdir")
it would do a move...but it seems to make a file out of the directory
I'm trying to move.
The end result I get is a file named mynewdir. What I want is a new
directory containing all of the information in the mydir directory
called mynewdir.
Am I going to have to use a copy and a rm of the old dir?
What's the "right way" to do that?
Mike B.
I thought if I did:
File.move("mydir","mynewdir")
it would do a move...but it seems to make a file out of the directory
I'm trying to move.The end result I get is a file named mynewdir. What I want is a new
directory containing all of the information in the mydir directory
called mynewdir.Am I going to have to use a copy and a rm of the old dir?
What's the "right way" to do that?
I can't find a File::move, I dunno where you got it from (some lib?).
One method is File::rename, another is to require 'fileutils' and use
FileUtils.mv
On 8/16/07, barjunk <barjunk@attglobal.net> wrote:
Mike B.
I forgot to add that it is ruby 1.8.4.
On Aug 16, 3:38 pm, barjunk <barj...@attglobal.net> wrote:
I thought if I did:
File.move("mydir","mynewdir")
it would do a move...but it seems to make a file out of the directory
I'm trying to move.The end result I get is a file named mynewdir. What I want is a new
directory containing all of the information in the mydir directory
called mynewdir.Am I going to have to use a copy and a rm of the old dir?
What's the "right way" to do that?
Mike B.
I found it here:
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/ftools/rdoc/index.html
But I'll try what you have suggested.
Mike B.
On Aug 16, 3:53 pm, "Logan Capaldo" <logancapa...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/16/07, barjunk <barj...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> I thought if I did:
> File.move("mydir","mynewdir")
> it would do a move...but it seems to make a file out of the directory
> I'm trying to move.> The end result I get is a file named mynewdir. What I want is a new
> directory containing all of the information in the mydir directory
> called mynewdir.> Am I going to have to use a copy and a rm of the old dir?
> What's the "right way" to do that?
I can't find a File::move, I dunno where you got it from (some lib?).
One method is File::rename, another is to require 'fileutils' and use
FileUtils.mv> Mike B.
>
> > I thought if I did:
>
> > File.move("mydir","mynewdir")
>
> > it would do a move...but it seems to make a file out of the directory
> > I'm trying to move.
>
> > The end result I get is a file named mynewdir. What I want is a new
> > directory containing all of the information in the mydir directory
> > called mynewdir.
>
> > Am I going to have to use a copy and a rm of the old dir?
>
> > What's the "right way" to do that?
>
> I can't find a File::move, I dunno where you got it from (some lib?).
> One method is File::rename, another is to require 'fileutils' and use
> FileUtils.mv
>
> > Mike B.I found it here:
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/ftools/rdoc/index.html
Odd that it didn't work then, although I seem to recall that ftools is
deprecated in favor of FileUtils.
On 8/16/07, barjunk <barjunk@attglobal.net> wrote:
On Aug 16, 3:53 pm, "Logan Capaldo" <logancapa...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/16/07, barjunk <barj...@attglobal.net> wrote:
But I'll try what you have suggested.Mike B.