The move-file BASIC program moves a file descriptor from one master dictionary to another. The dictionary may be file-level, account-level (master dictionary), or system-level (master dictionaries or system).
This implementation allows moving data from FSI files to FSI files and from VME files to VME files.
move-file file.reference {file.name}
to: (file.reference {file.name}
The command requests the destination dictionary with the to: prompt. These responses are allowed:
(dict.name
or
(dict.name file.name
or
file.name
The move-file command follows a hierarchical approach to file transfer. A file must be moved to the same level as it was created. That is, a data file to a data file, master dictionary to master dictionary, and so on.
Changes the name of the data-level D-pointer for the bp file to another item in the dictionary of bp called old.bp. The old.bp would subsequently be available using the reference bp,old.bp. This also removes the default D-pointer to the bp file, and any reference to the bp data section would result in the message data level descriptor missing.
move-file dict bp bp to: old.bp
Changes the bp file to old.bp.
move-file md bp to: old.bp
Moves the bp file from the current account to the archive account master dictionary.
move-file md bp to: (archive,,
Moves the data portion of the bp file from the current account to the account called archive, to a dictionary called bp, and renames it bp.old.
move-file dict bp bp to: (dict archive,bp,old.bp,
Renames the account pa to pete.
move-file mds,, pa to: pete