Moving directory as well

Fixit7 · 12-08-2014, 08:17 PM

I am using this as a custom action for Thunar.

But it is moving the directory also.

How can I stop that from happening.

Code:

mv %F %D /mnt/sdb1/Linux_Files/

Ser Olmy · 12-08-2014, 08:48 PM

I don't know the first thing about Thunar, hence I have no idea what %F or %D may represent in this context, but:

Code:

mv foo bar

...will move foo to bar. If both are directories, the former will end up as a subdirectory of the latter. However:

Code:

mv foo/* bar

...will move all items (files and subdirectories) in foo to bar, but the directory itself (foo) will not be moved.

In other words, you may want to add /* to the parameter representing the source directory.

Fixit7 · 12-08-2014, 09:36 PM

Thanks very much.

This did the trick.

mv %f %d/* /mnt/sdb1/Linux_Files/