routine move
Documentation for routine move
assembled from the following types:
class IO::Path
From IO::Path
(IO::Path) routine move
Defined as:
method move(IO::Path: IO() , : --> Bool)sub move(IO() , IO() , : --> Bool)
Copies a file and then removes the original. If removal fails, it's possible to end up with two copies of the file. Returns True
on success; fails with X::IO::Move if :$createonly
is True
and the $to
path already exists or if the operation failed for some other reason, such as when $to
and $from
are the same file.
To avoid copying, you can use rename
, if the files are on the same storage device. It also works with directories, while move
does not.