Moving a File
J. Landman Gay
jacque at hyperactivesw.com
Tue Mar 6 13:57:40 EST 2007
Dave wrote:
> Oh, and BEWARE!!!
>
> If you have two files:
>
> /FolderA/FolderB/FolderC/FileX.xxx
> /FolderA/FolderB/FolderC/FileY.xxx
>
>
> rename /FolderA/FolderB/FolderC/FileX.xxx to
> /FolderA/FolderB/FolderC/FileY.xxx
>
> You will end up with one file called FileY.xxx! IOW, if the file exists
> in the destination path it will quite happily OVERWRITE it!
Brace yourself, because the "url" syntax will do the same thing:
put myData into url ("file:"&tURL)
If the file already exists, it is overwritten. Hopefully this will save
you some frustration.
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Jacqueline Landman Gay | jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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