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Re: MOVE/EXPORT FILES AT ONCE

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg100126] Re: MOVE/EXPORT FILES AT ONCE
• From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
• Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 06:19:06 -0400 (EDT)
• References: <gv7qul$aqs$1@smc.vnet.net>
• Reply-to: HPR <read at math.uvm.edu>

Alain Mazure wrote:
> Hi
> 
> How is it possible to move, at once, to e.g another directory , files 
> identified with e.g:
> 
> FileNames["*.dat"]
> 
> I.e, what is the equivalent of the classic cp *.dat and better the 
> equivalent of cp *.*  ?

Here's one way to do it.

files=FileNames["*.dat"];

move[x_] :=
  RenameFile[x,
   "C:\\Users\\HPR\\Documents\\math\\directory2" <> x];  (* needless to 
say, replace the path with your own *)

Map[move,files]

-- 
Helen Read
University of Vermont