MCBastos wrote:
Interviewed by CNN on 13/01/2013 04:06, Paul B. Gallagher told the world:
Of course, on Windows systems, at least those of recent vintage, an
order to move a file or folder between different drives or computers is
realized as a copy anyway.
It has been that way for a long time...
The oldest version in common use nowadays is XP, released in 2001. I
would count that as "recent vintage," but perhaps you see it as "a long
time." Close enough.
but it's not *quite* as you put it: it's not "moving" a file, it's
"dragging & dropping" a file.
Dragging & dropping is one of several ways of transmitting a move order
to the computer. AFAIK, no matter how you tell it, the computer behaves
the same way.
Also AFAIK, the underlying structure of a move is:
1) copy
2) verify copy
3) delete original
So the difference in case of different drives or computers is that the
third step is omitted. The user must perform this step manually if desired.
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Paul B. Gallagher
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