movefiles: Move files to a directory

Package: system

Usage

movefiles files directory

Parameters

files
A template specifying the file or files to be moved.
directory
The directory to which the files are to be moved.
verbose = no
If set to "yes", tell user as each file is moved.

Description

This routine moves the specified files to the named directory. If a subdirectory and a logical directory both exist with the same name as the destination directory, the subdirectory is used.

Examples

1. Move all files whose names start with `im' and end with `ab' to the directory `dir'. Since "verbose" defaults to "no", do the work silently.

cl> movefiles im*ab dir

2. Move all files in the current directory into the directory one level up.

cl> move * ..

See also

copy, rename