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FileMove behaviour [message #26523]

Sat, 08 May 2010 15:00

forlano
Messages: 1202
Registered: March 2006
Location: Italy

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Hello,

using the funztion

bool FileMove(const char *oldname, const char *newname)

I have noticed that in case a file named "newname" already exist the file "oldname" is not moved. Is it supposed to work in this way?

Sometimes one would move a file irrispective of the presence of "newname" file. So something like this

bool FileMove(const char *oldname, const char *newname, bool overwrite=true)

would be handy in case one does not care about a previous existence.

Luigi

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Re: FileMove behaviour [message #26526 is a reply to message #26523]

Sun, 09 May 2010 19:34

mirek
Messages: 14105
Registered: November 2005

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forlano wrote on Sat, 08 May 2010 09:00

Yes.

Quote:

Sometimes one would move a file irrispective of the presence of "newname" file. So something like this

bool FileMove(const char *oldname, const char *newname, bool overwrite=true)

would be handy in case one does not care about a previous existence.

Luigi

Well, why do not you just call

DeleteFile(newname);

? (If there is no newname, it will fail, which you can ignore, right?)

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