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[thomas]

Hello,

I want to move a Directory with some subdirectory´s and files, like this:

c:\test
c:\test\test2
c:\test\test2.txt
c:\test\test\test
c:\test\test\test\test2

Now I have tried to rename the folder with the camand:

directory rename,c:\test,d:\user

Then I get the message, "create folder" Yes/No.
If I click "yes" an error occured:

The file user cannot be create. The file already exits in the folder...

Does anybody know a workaround?

[vdsalchemist]

Hi Thomas,
It works for me with VDS 3.51... See the code below.

[Skit3000]

I think Thomas means that he only wants to give up the root path, so without the subdirs... Maybe this is possible by using some old MS-DOS commands like MOVE...

[vdsalchemist]

[vdsalchemist]

Skit,
Here is the help text for the MS-DOS MOVE command on Windows 2000.

To rename a directory:
MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]dirname1 dirname2

[drive:][path]filename1 Specifies the location and name of the file
or files you want to move.
destination Specifies the new location of the file. Destination
can consist of a drive letter and colon, a
directory name, or a combination. If you are moving
only one file, you can also include a filename if
you want to rename the file when you move it.
[drive:][path]dirname1 Specifies the directory you want to rename.
dirname2 Specifies the new name of the directory.

/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to
overwrite an existing destination file.
/-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite
an existing destination file.

The switch /Y may be present in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. Default is
to prompt on overwrites unless MOVE command is being executed from
within a batch script.

Notice the part where it says renames the directory... When you rename a directory all directories and files move with it. You would have to take and make a c:\user folder and then copy the individual files and folders that you would want to go into the c:\user folder.