Re: does dired have `mv' command?

[Dieter Wilhelm <dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de>]

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


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    Best wishes

    H. Dieter Wilhelm
    Darmstadt, Germany