FileT.move

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.

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).

template FileT(TStruct)
bool
move
(,
GFileCopyFlags flags
,
Cancellable cancellable
,
GFileProgressCallback progressCallback
,)

Parameters

destination FileIF

#GFile pointing to the destination location

flags GFileCopyFlags

set of #GFileCopyFlags

cancellable Cancellable

optional #GCancellable object, %NULL to ignore

progressCallback GFileProgressCallback

#GFileProgressCallback function for updates

progressCallbackData void*

gpointer to user data for the callback function

Return Value

Type: bool

%TRUE on successful move, %FALSE otherwise.

Throws

GException on failure.

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