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1 ## Copyright (C) 2005 John W. Eaton
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
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8 ## any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
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17 ## Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
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18 ## 02110-1301, USA.
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19
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20 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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21 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{status}, @var{msg}, @var{msgid}] =} movefile (@var{f1}, @var{f2})
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22 ## Move the file @var{f1} to the new name @var{f2}. The name @var{f1}
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23 ## may contain globbing patterns. If @var{f1} expands to multiple file
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24 ## names, @var{f2} must be a directory.
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25 ##
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26 ## If successful, @var{status} is 1, with @var{msg} and @var{msgid} empty\n\
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27 ## character strings. Otherwise, @var{status} is 0, @var{msg} contains a\n\
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28 ## system-dependent error message, and @var{msgid} contains a unique\n\
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29 ## message identifier.\n\
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30 ## @seealso{glob}
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31 ## @end deftypefn
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32
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33 function [status, msg, msgid] = movefile (f1, f2, force)
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35 max_cmd_line = 1024;
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36 status = true;
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37 msg = "";
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38 msgid = "";
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39
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40 ## FIXME -- maybe use the same method as in ls to allow users control
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41 ## over the command that is executed.
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43 if (ispc () && ! isunix () && isempty (file_in_path (EXEC_PATH, "mv.exe")))
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44 ## Windows.
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45 cmd = "cmd /C move";
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46 cmd_force_flag = "/Y";
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47 else
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48 cmd = "mv";
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49 cmd_force_flag = "-f";
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50 endif
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52 if (nargin == 2 || nargin == 3)
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53 ## Input type check.
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54 if (! (ischar (f1) || iscellstr (f1)))
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55 error ("movefile: first argument must be a character string or a cell array of character strings");
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56 endif
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58 if (! ischar (f2))
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59 error ("movefile: second argument must be a character string");
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60 endif
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62 if (nargin == 3 && strcmp (force, "f"))
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63 cmd = strcat (cmd, " ", cmd_force_flag);
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64 endif
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66 ## If f1 isn't a cellstr convert it to one.
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67 if (ischar (f1))
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68 f1 = cellstr (f1);
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69 endif
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71 ## If f1 has more than 1 element f2 must be a directory
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72 isdir = (exist (f2, "dir") != 0);
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73 if (length(f1) > 1 && ! isdir)
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74 error ("movefile: when moving multiple files, second argument must be a directory");
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75 endif
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77 ## Protect the file name(s).
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78 f1 = glob (f1);
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79 p1 = sprintf ("\"%s\" ", f1{:});
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80 p2 = tilde_expand (f2);
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82 if (isdir && length(p1) > max_cmd_line)
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83 l2 = length(p2) + length (cmd) + 6;
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84 while (! isempty(f1))
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85 p1 = sprintf ("\"%s\" ", f1{1});
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86 f1(1) = [];
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87 while (!isempty (f1) && (length(p1) + length(f1{1}) + l2 <
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88 max_cmd_line))
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89 p1 = sprintf ("%s\"%s\" ", p1, f1{1});
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90 f1(1) = [];
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91 endwhile
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93 if (ispc () && ! isunix () && ! isempty (file_in_path (EXEC_PATH, "cp.exe")))
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94 p1 = strrep (p1, "\\", "/");
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95 p2 = strrep (p2, "\\", "/");
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96 endif
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98 ## Move the file(s).
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99 [err, msg] = system (sprintf ("%s %s\"%s\"", cmd, f1, f2));
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100 if (err < 0)
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101 status = false;
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102 msgid = "movefile";
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103 endif
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104 endwhile
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105 else
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106 if (ispc () && ! isunix () && ! isempty (file_in_path (EXEC_PATH, "cp.exe")))
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107 p1 = strrep (p1, "\\", "/");
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108 p2 = strrep (p2, "\\", "/");
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109 endif
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110
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111 ## Move the file(s).
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112 [err, msg] = system (sprintf ("%s %s\"%s\"", cmd, f1, f2));
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113 if (err < 0)
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114 status = false;
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115 msgid = "movefile";
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116 endif
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117 endif
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118 else
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119 print_usage ();
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120 endif
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121 endfunction