From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leon Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: does dired have `mv' command? Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:43:05 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87u058pidx.fsf@hans.local.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1153737838 14003 80.91.229.2 (24 Jul 2006 10:43:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 10:43:58 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 24 12:43:57 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G4xue-0003Le-TD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:43:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G4xue-0003q2-ES for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:43:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G4xuS-0003pl-JH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:43:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1G4xuQ-0003pZ-15 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:43:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1G4xuP-0003pW-SS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:43:33 -0400 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1G4xvU-0002Tc-1K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 06:44:40 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1G4xuD-0003Fc-FA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:43:21 +0200 Original-Received: from sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.223.202]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:43:21 +0200 Original-Received: from sdl.web by sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:43:21 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 34 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAEAAAAASCAMAAADc8SgQAAAAwFBMVEUCBQEJDAgTFRIaHBof IB4jJCIrLCotLywyNDE3OTY8Pjs/QD5FRkRJS0hRU1BWV1VbXVpiZGFnaWZrbWptb2xvcW52eHV5 enh+gH2Bg4CHiYaLjYqNj4yRk5CXmZaanJmdn5ygop+mqKWqrKmsrqutr6yxs7CztbK4ure7vbq/ wb7DxcLHycbJy8jNz8vQ0s/T1dLW2NXc3tvf4d7h5ODl5+Po6ufr7enu8O3x8/Dz9fL1+PT4+vf6 /Pn7/fr+//wGuxWtAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH1gIaAyMw1+FInQAAAXxJ REFUOMulk+tygjAQhalFWodYvIwyiNUKA95QVLwQhLPv/1ZNAKWX8Yd6ZsLAZvdL9iQo9KSUx0v3 0wV/BjDSzZY6exxw0BJgrqaPApBtQeDK6eEdAGJ4DQhAZjFmWVZf798LmTUi6QGgmQCysHtfeWa1 OXITj8pMYrh9Vz03vmQbEuArMeETSZBPpIdKvMg9B2faL2NKgl3R/zZIuFZnjDW5bKGnrVfmROLk 5LhWqVmEbEcfu8u3+XD14YrvjeEsWRrlyj3QDN/To6u96VVJmkdO40AJAVU4ZQqfInWDhcpRSABi ZQ4MQYusPJ9KRSDhtgEclROBjQhGK8+hfMgdeMICSpGaRf6iU8kuiUzwnXdQ/BJleJ38/pnQ0yUJ g8JDbOxKbnlgtZDQ7Ql/GGzUxZnR7ngBxEHdCMP1rKOD/rVQhlY18aL5BMuczmncTmJnkF4AO9/3 PN9z3e3tW3uciodzFm58LcUCwWgS4drC39Vu3XsqbMu7/Zn8DYna+irHnqnQAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HBnYrHqF60AmI1B5VYH4i9K2ksk= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:36196 Archived-At: Dieter Wilhelm writes: > Leon 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