Move folders

[loganmex]

I have one folder (call it Folder1), with several subfolders inside, each one with several files in them. I want to move everything inside Folder1 to Folder2 (which is empty, but exists).

I've been trying MoveFolder, but I get a "file doesn't exist error" all the time, and the descriptions don't give any examples of using wildcards or what happens if a folder is not empty.

My script is basically:

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot
fso.Movefolder "c:\Folder1\*", "c:\Folder2\"


What can I do?

 

[spazman]

fso.Movefolder "c:\Folder1\", "c:\Folder2\"

remove the star wildcard, you are moving folder1 it will take it all with it.

 

[loganmex]

Thanks spazman

But if I do that I get a "Path not found" error, instead of the "File not found" error =(.

 

[mrmovie]

try dropping the \ from the end of the folder strings?

 

[PHV]

Try something like this:

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
fso.DeleteFolder "c:\Folder2"
fso.Movefolder "c:\Folder1", "c:\Folder2"

NB: Verify that folder2 is really empty before to run this script.


Hope This Help
PH.

 

[mrmovie]

If source contains wildcards or destination ends with a path separator (\), it is assumed that destination specifies an existing folder in which to move the matching files. Otherwise, destination is assumed to be the name of a destination folder to create. In either case, three things can happen when an individual folder is moved:

If destination does not exist, the folder gets moved. This is the usual case.
If destination is an existing file, an error occurs.
If destination is a directory, an error occurs.

so i guess if you drop the \ at the end of the destination you will be ok