gFileMove {RGtk2} | R Documentation

## gFileMove

### Description

Tries to move the file or directory `source` to the location specified by `destination`. If native move operations are supported then this is used, otherwise a copy + delete fallback is used. The native implementation may support moving directories (for instance on moves inside the same filesystem), but the fallback code does not.

### Usage

    gFileMove(object, destination, flags = "G_FILE_COPY_NONE", cancellable = NULL,
        progress.callback, progress.callback.data, .errwarn = TRUE)

### Arguments

``object`` | `GFile` pointing to the source location.
``destination`` | `GFile` pointing to the destination location.
``flags`` | set of `GFileCopyFlags`.
``cancellable`` | optional `GCancellable` object, `NULL` to ignore.
``progress.callback`` | `GFileProgressCallback` function for updates.
``progress.callback.data`` | gpointer to user data for the callback function.
`.errwarn` | Whether to issue a warning on error or fail silently

### Details

If the flag `G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE` is specified an already existing `destination` file is overwritten.

If the flag `G_FILE_COPY_NOFOLLOW_SYMLINKS` is specified then symlinks will be copied as symlinks, otherwise the target of the `source` symlink will be copied.

If `cancellable` is not `NULL`, then the operation can be cancelled by triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation was cancelled, the error `G_IO_ERROR_CANCELLED` will be returned.

If `progress.callback` is not `NULL`, then the operation can be monitored by setting this to a `GFileProgressCallback` function. `progress.callback.data` will be passed to this function. It is guaranteed that this callback will be called after all data has been transferred with the total number of bytes copied during the operation.

If the `source` file does not exist then the G_IO_ERROR_NOT_FOUND error is returned, independent on the status of the `destination`.

If `G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE` is not specified and the target exists, then the error G_IO_ERROR_EXISTS is returned.

If trying to overwrite a file over a directory the G_IO_ERROR_IS_DIRECTORY error is returned. If trying to overwrite a directory with a directory the G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_MERGE error is returned.

If the source is a directory and the target does not exist, or `G_FILE_COPY_OVERWRITE` is specified and the target is a file, then the G_IO_ERROR_WOULD_RECURSE error may be returned (if the native move operation isn't available).

### Value

A list containing the following elements:

`retval` | [logical] `TRUE` on successful move, `FALSE` otherwise.
``error`` | `GError` for returning error conditions, or `NULL`

### Author(s)

Derived by RGtkGen from GTK+ documentation

[Package RGtk2 version 2.20.40 Index]