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Answer 1

+1 A:

require "FileUtils"
FileUtils.move 'stuff.rb', '/notexist/lib/ruby'

Željko Filipin 2008-12-31 15:43:22

+1 Note that .move is an alias of .mv so you should be able to do FileUtils.mv too.

Tim K. 2008-12-31 15:45:58

Thanks, I just like .move more that .mv. :)

Željko Filipin 2008-12-31 15:49:59

I don't. `mv` makes me feel like I'm in my beloved console ;)

Erik Escobedo 2010-09-03 16:45:47

And the nice thing about Ruby is that it has both `move` and `mv`so one can pick either one. :)

Željko Filipin 2010-09-06 09:00:00

Answer 2

+1 A:

Use the module 'fileutils' and use FileUtils.mv:

http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/FileUtils.html#M004361

Nicolas Martyanoff 2008-12-31 15:43:34

Answer 3

+14 A:

You can use FileUtils to do this.

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'fileutils'

FileUtils.mv('/tmp/your_file', '/opt/new/location/your_file')

Remember; if you are moving across partitions, "mv" will copy the file to new destination and unlink the source path.

Berk D. Demir 2008-12-31 15:46:57

I forgot to add that you can not move across partitions. Thanks.

Željko Filipin 2008-12-31 15:50:43

Actually mv does the copy for you. "Moves file(s) src to dest. If file and dest exist on the different disk partition, the file is copied instead." ... http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/classes/FileUtils.html#M004330

Darkerstar 2010-05-16 07:23:17

Darkerstar: Thank you. I edited the reply.

Berk D. Demir 2010-05-25 07:33:47

can you confirm if the file is deleted after being copied from a different partition?

knoopx 2010-08-18 12:54:44

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