moves file or directory
movefile(source, destination) [status, message] = movefile(source, destination)
a character string.
a character string.
an integer: the status of the operation.
a character string: a message about an error.
movefile(source, destination)
moves the file or directory
source
(and subdirectories) to the file or directory
destination
.
If source
is a directory, destination
cannot be a file.
![]() | movefile replaces existing files without
warning. |
[status, message] = movefile(source, destination)
moves source
to destination
, returning the status
and a message
.
Whatever the operating system, if the move succeeds, the
status
is 1 and the message
is
empty; if the move fails, the status
is 0 and the
message
is not empty.
copyfile(SCI+"/etc/scilab.start",TMPDIR+"/scilab.start") [status,message] = movefile(TMPDIR+"/scilab.start",TMPDIR+"/renamed_scilab.start") | ![]() | ![]() |