System rename command

2006-01-07 Thread John Horner
rename I get a manpage. So how come in Panther I don't have a system rename command but I do have a manpage for it? Supplementary question. If you were moving, copying and renaming files, would you use File::Copy instead of cp and mv?

Re: System rename command

2006-01-07 Thread John Delacour
At 12:25 pm +1100 8/1/06, John Horner wrote: Supplementary question. If you were moving, copying and renaming files, would you use File::Copy instead of cp and mv? You should first consider ditto if there is any chance your files contain valuable resource forks. % ditto --rsrc ... JD

Re: System rename command

2006-01-07 Thread John Horner
On 08/01/2006, at 12:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That appears to be a Section 2 manpage (system call, not a command). Commands are in Section 1. Try: That makes a lot of sense. The stuff about #include stdio.h should have been a clue! Thanks.