move a file

[Why-Not]

dose anyone no of a easy way to move a file to a new location?

[Oz]

you may want to use a shell command

[syntax="qbasic"]SHELL ""[/syntax]

I'm not sure of the move file command, but if you search for it, you should get it wasily enough

otherwise, just open the file, and create a new file in teh new directory, then copy contents into new file, KILL the old file

Oz~

[Oz]

ok, I got it

[syntax="qbasic"]copy [source] [dest][/syntax]

Code:

INPUT "File To Move: ", $file
INPUT "Destination Folder: ", $dest

SHELL "copy "; $file;" "; $dest

Oz~

[EDIT] This is where I got the stuff, if you want to do more complex things:
http://www.easydos.com/copy.html

[Z!re]

Or, you could just use QBs builtin move function.

Code:

NAME "afile.txt", "folder\moved.txt"

[Moneo]

Several years ago there was no MOVE command in DOS, and you had to use a move utility. Now, there is a MOVE. Get on the command line, and enter this:
MOVE /?
That will tell you the syntax.
Do a few tests.
Now you're ready to perform a MOVE within your program's SHELL command.
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[Why-Not]

Thanks Oz Z!re and Moneo

[Z!re]

No problem, you're welcome.

[Moneo]

Ok, hope you get it to work like you want.
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[Oz]

notta prob