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Subject: Re: RE: Code for moving a file on disk

Re: RE: Code for moving a file on disk

From: <rockbox_at_merkisoft.ch>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:18:45 +0100

i had the same question months ago - when we haven't had file writing yet.
but i was told that the rename-function would be the correct function to call.
hope to see this 'move'-feature soon in cvs... ;-)

fabian

> A move in any case is simply a copy and delete, or a reassigning of the
> entry in the FAT if the bits themselves don't need to be moved. (That's why
> it takes so much longer to move across disks than to move on a single disk.)
>
> I would assume that if we have file writing capability, it can be used to
> move as well, but I *don't* know if it's been coded to allow for separate
> use. Linus?
>
> Matt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se [mailto:owner-rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se]On
> Behalf Of for_spam_at_gmx.de
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 6:50 PM
> To: rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se
> Subject: Code for moving a file on disk
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> thinking about implementing "delete while playing" feature in rockbox
> (see
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&group_id=44306&atid=439
> 121&aid=614704)
>
> Instead of deleting, it would be nice to have hotkeys for moving file to
> special folders,
> e.g. from folder "2hear" to folder "good ones" or "trash".
>
> I wonder, if there is code in rockbox for MOVING a file to a special folder.
> I searched the sources, but i`d didn`t find a function "move".
>
> In file.c there is a function "int rename(const char* path, const char*
> newpath)".
> Could this be the right one for moving files between different folders ?
>
> regards
> Roland
>
>
>
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Received on 2003-01-14

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