Re: [MacPerl] Deleting files & interaction with AppleScript

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 10.58 -0500 1999.01.07, Kevin Johnson wrote:
>>At 09.48 -0500 1999.01.07, Kevin Johnson wrote:
>>>I use FSpFileCopy (from Mac::MoreFiles), FSpDelete (from Mac::Files) and
>>>Net::FTP (as Paul mentioned) for the ftp stuff instead of applescripting
>>>Fetch. The only applescript I need to use is to rename the file before ftp
>>>if necessary. Is there a toolbox function for that, anyone?
>>
>>First, I see little reason to use FSpFileCopy over File::Copy::copy, or
>>FSpDelete over unlink().  And why not use rename() to rename()?
>
>Will File::Copy::copy and unlink() work across volumes? I used the
>applescript instead of rename() because of this.

File::Copy::copy has no problem working across volumes, and unlink() has no
notion of across volumes.  rename() cannot move across volumes; however,
File::Copy::move _can_ do that.  It does what you would do: copy and then
unlink, but it does it for you.

    #!perl -w
    use File::Copy;
    move('HD1:Desktop Folder:Capture File 3',
        'HD2:Desktop Folder:Capture File 3');

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