How to move directory ( with contents) to another directory.

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mike - 14 Mar 2008 18:55 GMT

I am trying to move a directory ( and it's contents to a new
directory). I have tried the following:

System.out.println(nonCCResource.getLocation().toString());
tmpDir = new File (nonCCResource.getParent().getLocation().toString(),
nonCCResource.getName()+".tmp");
boolean success = tmpDir.mkdirs();
File dir = new
File(nonCCResource.getParent().getLocation().toString(),
nonCCResource.getName());
boolean success1 = dir.renameTo(tmpDir);

When checking success1 it is false. And the success is true.

Any ideas how I can do this.

cheers,

//mike

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Andrew Thompson - 15 Mar 2008 00:55 GMT

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> Any ideas how I can do this.

My guess would be that Java (or the OS) will
not allow us to rename a directory to the name
of an existing directory.

Post runnable code and I might check further.

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Andrew T.
PhySci.org

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Roedy Green - 15 Mar 2008 05:06 GMT

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:55:19 -0700 (PDT), mike
<mikaelpetterson@hotmail.com> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>I am trying to move a directory ( and it's contents to a new
>directory). I have tried the following:

You can't rename a directory to move it to a different drive. You
must have permissions on it to rename it.

To move it to a different drive, you have to create a new dir, copy
the files over, and then delete the original files and directory.

If you want help from others, simplify your code to use hard coded
strings or at least do println of each of your files so people can
what the net result of your calls is.

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