Re: Moving folder contents on a server...

In article
<leo-0A0B05.18362814082006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Leonard Blaisdell <leo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article
<doraymeRidThis-61E943.11052615082006@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
dorayme <doraymeRidThis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So, in Fetch, (I used to use Transmit in my pre X days but never
needed to address this issue) what do you do? Remember, the task
is to grab what is in a folder at one level on the server and
drop them loose into another level on the same server leaving the
folder behind empty (easily disposed of later). Do you grab the
files and go over to one of the ftp browser arrows that indicate
to move up a level and the arrow springs the level into sight
while the mouse contains the ghost of the files concerned in its
clutches and you just let go like as if it is on the Mac itself?
That would be neat.

I'm using Fetch 4.0.3

<Fetch help>

Drag and Drop

Beginning with System 7.5, the Mac OS includes drag-and-drop
capabilities for moving information within and between Macintosh
applications. Fetch takes advantage of this facility to make moving
files, shortcuts, text, and preference information as convenient as
possible. You can use drag-and-drop in the following situations:


.....
? To move a file or directory up a directory level, drag it to the
open-folder icon above the file list.

? To copy a file or directory up a directory level, drag it to the
open-folder icon above the file list with the Option key pressed.


are the two relevant ones... looks like it is how I imagined...


</Fetch help>

Use the command key ...

Why when you can just do the above in Fetch?


to select the files you want to move, but remember,
this in *Fetch* <http://fetchsoftworks.com>. I'd be surprised if other
ftp agents didn't offer similar functionality. Fetch is commercial ware.
Not expensive but commercial.

OK, I am a first rate cheapskate... :-)


Oh, and one other **big** caveat. I've never moved a bunch of files up a
level :-) I've never needed to. I generally do that from my machine and
delete the original directory on the server after success.


This latter is almost exactly me, so close are we on this issue.
Perhaps I am even closer to you Leo than I am to old Korpela (and
as you know, Korpela and I are like two peas in a pod...)

--
dorayme
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