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MOVE
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<div class="black"><font size="-2"><b>Syntax</b></font></div>
<pre class="syntax"><b>MOVE</b> <u>sOldName</u> AS String <b>TO</b> <u>sNewName</u> AS String</pre><p>

Renames or moves a file or a directory.
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<u>sOldname</u> and <u>sNewName</u> can be located on different directories,
but must be located on the same device.
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If you want to move a file whatever its location is, do the following:
<pre class="code">TRY MOVE sOldName TO sNewName
IF ERROR THEN
  TRY COPY sOldName TO sNewName
  IF NOT ERROR THEN KILL sOldName
ENDIF
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<hr><b>See also</b><br>
<a href="../cat/file+en">File &amp; Directory Functions</a>&nbsp;

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