[fpc-pascal] Problems with moving/renaming file using sysutils.renamefile

[Jonas Maebe]

On 10 Feb 2012, at 12:19, Reinier Olislagers wrote:

> Trying to move a file (and rename it at the same time):
>
> //ExtractedCompiler is a string variable
> //BootstrapCompiler is a string property
> //I'm using my own version of debugln, not important here
> debugln('Going to rename/move ' + ExtractedCompiler + ' to ' +
> BootstrapCompiler);
> sysutils.DeleteFile(BootstrapCompiler); //ignore errors
> OperationSucceeded:=renamefile(ExtractedCompiler, BootstrapCompiler);

Renaming is not the same as moving. Renaming only works if source and  
destination are on the same volume.


Jonas
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