Okay it looks like the revMoveFolder suffers from the same problem that renameFolder does: It only works on the endpoint. CRAP! Why so difficult? I'll come up with a workaround I suppose, or else start saving filled forms in the database itself.
Thanks all for your help. Bob S > On Dec 14, 2017, at 08:28 , Bob Sneidar via use-livecode > <[email protected]> wrote: > > For Mac sure. Then I need to deal with Windows. But it's my understanding > that the rev commands for files use shell anyway, so the work has at least > partly been done. But looking at the rev commands it appears there is a > revMoveFolder! Lemme try that one. > > Bob S > > > >> On Dec 14, 2017, at 08:22 , Mike Bonner via use-livecode >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Can you use shell? mv to move a folder or cp -R and do a recursive copy? >> >> From reading the dictionary, it does seem that your first example should >> work if the intention is to move the 201 folder from "Childrens Law Center" >> to folder "bobtest" assuming bobtest already exists, and folder 201 doesn't >> pre-exist in that folder. (No clue how "clobbers" are handled with rename >> when its used to move stuff) > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
