The Files->Move menu item activates the Move Files dialog from which you may move the selected files to any drive on the system with the exception of drives that are read only, such as CDROM drives. The Move Files dialog uses the point and click interface, with the user clicking on the directory object to automatically enter the full target path, or the user may manually enter the full target path for the copy operation.
A file move operation on the same drive is very fast and involves only changing its subdirectory location. The file system does not support moving files to a different drive. Therefore, a move to a different drive results in a file copy and delete operation and is much slower.
If you are moving more than a single file, you may add a directory name that doesn't exist to the path and the directory will be created. Global filename characters are not allowed in target directory and file names.
If you are moving a single file and change the filename, that file is cloned to the new name. You may clone a file to the same directory as the source.
Note: If there is a single file selected in the source window, the target path field will have the source file name appended to the target path. This makes it easy to edit the name and copy the file to the same or a different directory with a different name. However, this is only applicable for a single selected file. If more than one file is selected, any appended name to the path is interpreted by the program as a target directory name.
If an I/O error occurs, the Move Error dialog will appear. This dialog will indicate the cause of the error as well as provide the options to overwrite existing target files of the same name, rename files that have the same name as existing target files, remove any file attributes that may be the cause of the error or skip the file with the error.
The Move dialog has a check box which may be used to toggle the Verify Write option for the current operation. It may be set to default to either state in the Settings notebook Options.
File attributes, such as date and time of creation and extended attributes are moved from the source to the target.
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