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From: Leon <sdl.web@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: does dired have `mv' command?
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:43:05 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ejwb707a.fsf@sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87u058pidx.fsf@hans.local.net

Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de> writes:

> Leon <sdl.web@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I'm wondering if dired has a function similar to `mv' in GNU/Linux
>> command line. If not, what's the best way of moving files between
>> directories?
>
> R
>
> or even better ;-)
>
> C-h m
> C-x o
> C-s rename
>
> for the other renaming possibilities.
>
> the following might be helpful when you also want to copy, delete
> whole directories:
>
> (setq dired-recursive-copies 'always)	
> (setq dired-recursive-deletes 'top)	;ask for the top directories

Thanks.

I have used C-h b and search for move before post this. The reason I
didn't try C-h m is because it gives a huge buffer of info that I have
got into the habit of using C-h b instead.

-- 
Leon

  reply	other threads:[~2006-07-24 10:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-23 13:11 does dired have `mv' command? Leon
2006-07-23 13:20 ` Dieter Wilhelm
2006-07-24 10:43   ` Leon [this message]
2006-07-23 13:26 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-07-23 13:28 ` David Hansen
2006-07-23 16:42   ` Leon
2006-07-23 17:58     ` Peter Dyballa
     [not found] <mailman.4369.1153660299.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-07-24  8:16 ` Tim X
2006-07-25 18:53 ` Ken Goldman
2006-07-25 20:04   ` Chris McMahan

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