From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: moving a file
Date:	Mon, 19 Jan 1998 18:31:56 -0500
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Paul Derbyshire wrote:
> 
> Flame me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a libc function for moving files?

Try rename().  That's all a move really is, unless you "move" a file to
a different drive, in which case it's a copy/delete.  Implementation of
the latter is left as an exercise for the reader.

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