RENAME across different drives

[Gilesy]

Hi folks.
Having a problem with the RENAME command.
I have a line RENAME (File1) TO (file2)

Where File1 is "T:\spare\temp\12345678.tmp"
And file2 is "data\newfile.txt"

I get the error "Attempt to move file to a different device"

Other than prevent the user having a temp directory on a different drive, I cannot find a solution.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

 

[TheRambler]

Hi,

To use RENAME command, file1 and file2 must be in the same path. Use COPY FILE <file1> TO <file2> instead.

 

[rgbean]

To expand on the previous suggestion, use the Justdrive() function to make sure that the drives are the same before using RENAME. If they are different, then you'll need to use the COPY and ERASE commands.

Rick