On Thursday, February 16, 2017 16:47:05 Chris via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > On Thursday, 16 February 2017 at 16:41:48 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe > > wrote: > > On Thursday, 16 February 2017 at 16:38:51 UTC, Chris wrote: > >> In `std.file`, I haven't found a function that allows me to > >> move or at least copy directories, as in `mv dir /toDir`. Do I > >> have to go the awkward way over `rename` or something? > > > > Have you already tried just renaming the directory? > > Yes, but that's a bit awkward. It'd be handier to have a function > like `mv(dir, toDir)`.
Well, there's zero difference between renaming the file or directory and moving it. It's simply a difference in name. rename actually comes from POSIX, where rename is used in C code, and mv is used in the shell. So, I guess that you can blame POSIX. But there really isn't any reason to have a mv or move function in addition to rename. If you want mv instead, just alias rename to mv. However, I would point out that rename has the problem (at least on *nix - not sure about Windows) that it can't move across filesystem boundaries. I think that at some point, an alternative which did work across filesystem boundaries was proposed, and that may have been called move. It's not currently in Phobos though. - Jonathan M Davis