Re: Changing file & directory names

FROM : Sherm Pendley
DATE : Sat Jul 01 21:41:58 2006

On Jul 1, 2006, at 3:28 PM, Dean Snyder wrote:

> Sherm Pendley wrote at 2:15 PM on Saturday, July 1, 2006:
>

>>> "If source is a file, the method creates a file at destination that
>>> holds the exact contents of the original file and then deletes the
>>> original file. If source is a directory, movePath:toPath:handler:
>>> creates a new directory at destination and recursively populates it
>>> with
>>> duplicates of the files and directories contained in source."
>>>
>>> This is really heavyweight

>>
>> No, it's not heavy at all - you've just misunderstood what it does.
>> When the above says "creates a file at destination", it's talking
>> about creating a new directory entry that points to the same data,
>> not about copying the data.

>
> Again, with emphasis added, the documentation says


I read it just fine the first time, thank you.

> , but that IS what the documentation says it does.


I'm not debating what words are used, I'm pointing out that you've 
misunderstood them. If you think the misunderstanding is the result 
of vague documentation, don't complain to me, just file a bug on the 
docs.

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