On Feb 27, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Tom Benson wrote:
> If you're comfortable with UNIX, why not just do this???
>
> dim s as new shell
> s.execute "mv "+source.shellpath+" "+dest.shellpath
Because it also has to work on Windows.
And besides, it seems like it *ought* to work. And I'd like to
understand this. FolderItems are kind of important...
> On 27/02/2007, at 6:30 PM, Guyren Howe wrote:
>
>> On Feb 27, 2007, at 1:18 AM, Tom Benson wrote:
>>
>>> Yeah.... You are correct, moving a file into a file would not make
>>> sense.....
>>>
>>> moving existing files into the Temp Items folder can be tricky
>>> business....
>>>
>>> Can I ask why you're not creating them there in the first place
>>> using
>>> GetTemporaryFolderItem???
>>>
>>> Otherwise (if you are not using the system provided temporary items
>>> folder), consider doing it this way:
>>>
>>> Store a reference to your temp folder in a property
>>>
>>> if not tempFolder.child(tempFile.name).exists then
>>> tempfile.moveFileTo(tempFolder)
>>> else
>>> //error, already exists...
>>> end
>>
>> Seems to me that moving a file to a (non-existent) folderitem
>> representing a file makes perfect sense. Move the file so it's called
>> this at this location. Heck, on Unix OSes, you rename files by moving
>> them to a different name.
>>
>> I'm doing some work where I need to roll back changes if something
>> goes wrong. So I'm doing two phases: when I, say, delete a file, I
>> first move it to /tmp. Anyway.
>>
>> The issue would appear to be with .MoveFileTo, not with its being to
>> do with the temporary items folder.
>>
>>> On 27/02/2007, at 5:40 PM, Guyren Howe wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am attempting to move a file into the temp folder.
>>>>
>>>> I get a folderItem for a file inside the temp folder. This
>>>> folderItem
>>>> doesn't exist.
>>>>
>>>> I do foo.MoveFileTo theTempFileThatDoesntExist
>>>>
>>>> This gives me a foo.LastErrorCode = 105 ("Invalid name") and the
>>>> file
>>>> doesn't move.
>>>>
>>>> I *hypothesize* that I can only move a file to a folder, not to a
>>>> file. I can sometimes get moving to a file to work, but I sometimes
>>>> get the 105 (can't find a pattern).
>>>>
>>>> So then I try to do:
>>>>
>>>> foo.MoveFileTo TheTempFileThatDoesntExist.Parent
>>>> too.Name = TheTempFileThatDoesntExist.Name
>>>>
>>>> And this works on the Mac but fails on Windows. Sometimes...
>>>>
>>>> I've wound up doing a #If TargetMacOS that does the the two-step
>>>> move-
>>>> rename on the Mac and the single-step move on Windows, and that
>>>> appears to work.
>>>>
>>>> Is this all just sadly inconsistent between platforms, or am I
>>>> missing something, or what?
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