Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Files.MoveFile

Topics All Mac OS X (Only) Windows (Only) Linux (Only, Not) iOS (Only, Not)
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New in version: 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 Statistic

Files.MoveFile

Moves a file or folder without user interface.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Server	FileMaker Cloud	FileMaker iOS SDK
Files	2.8	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

MBS( "Files.MoveFile"; SourcePath; DestPath { ; Overwrite; SkipSourcePermissionErrors; ProgressTitle } )

Parameters

Parameter Description Example value

SourcePath The native path to the file or folder to be moved. "/Users/John/Desktop/test.txt"

DestPath The native path to the destination folder or file. "/Users/John/Desktop/Backup/"

Overwrite Optional
Mac only: Whether to allow overwriting existing files. Default is off. Pass 1 to enable and 0 to disable.
On Windows, it overwrites always. 1

SkipSourcePermissionErrors Optional
Mac only: Whether to skip files with permission errors. Default is off. Pass 1 to enable and 0 to disable. 1

ProgressTitle Optional
Title for the progress window.
For Windows only and the text may not be visible in your version of Windows. "Copying FileMake files"

Parameter	Description	Example value
SourcePath	The native path to the file or folder to be moved.	"/Users/John/Desktop/test.txt"
DestPath	The native path to the destination folder or file.	"/Users/John/Desktop/Backup/"
Overwrite	Optional Mac only: Whether to allow overwriting existing files. Default is off. Pass 1 to enable and 0 to disable. On Windows, it overwrites always.	1
SkipSourcePermissionErrors	Optional Mac only: Whether to skip files with permission errors. Default is off. Pass 1 to enable and 0 to disable.	1
ProgressTitle	Optional Title for the progress window. For Windows only and the text may not be visible in your version of Windows.	"Copying FileMake files"

Result

Returns OK or error message.

Description

Moves a file or folder without user interface.
SourcePath and DestPath must be valid and exist. So pass destination folder for the destination.
This function needs a native path. Please use Path.FileMakerPathToNativePath function in order to convert a FileMaker style path to a native path.

The Linux implementation does only move files within the same file system.

Examples

Move a file:

MBS( "Files.MoveFile"; "C:\Users\Christian\Desktop\test1.txt"; "C:\Users\Christian\Desktop\test2.txt")

Example Databases

Files/FileOperation

Created 18th August 2014, last changed 10th January 2017

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