MOVE command is not compatible and needs improvement

[D Azarewicz]

The MOVE command is not compatible with the MOVE command in CMD.EXE.

  move \dir1\dir2\dir3 \dir4

should move dir3 to \dir4\dir3 but it does not. It moves files instead of moving the directory.

Also the MOVE command should fail if any arguments are missing.

[Steven Levine]

As I read the command reference the ability of cmd.exe to move directories is an undocumented feature. That said, it might be useful to modify the move command to work like cmd.exe if it can be done without breaking too many existing scripts.

You can use the 4OS2 rename command to move directories. For example

  ren \dir1\dir2\dir3 \dir4

Will do what you want.

It should be possible to define an alias that maps the move to a rename if there are only two arguments and the first argument is a directory.

The existing 4OS2 move command only requires one argument.

[Steven Levine]

Ticket retargeted after milestone closed

[Gregg Young]

Do an INI entry; Same problem as ticket 30.