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<h2><a name="move">Move</a></h2>
<h3>Description</h3>
<p>Moves a file to a new file or directory, or sets of files to
a new directory. By default, the
destination file is overwritten if it already exists. When <var>overwrite</var> is
turned off, then files are only moved if the source file is newer than
the destination file, or when the destination file does not exist.</p>
<p><a href="../CoreTypes/fileset.html">FileSet</a>s are used to select sets of files
to move to the <var>todir</var> directory.</p>
<h3>Parameters</h3>
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<td valign="top"><b>Attribute</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>Description</b></td>
<td align="center" valign="top"><b>Required</b></td>
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<td valign="top">file</td>
<td valign="top">the file to move</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">One of <var>file</var> or
at least one nested fileset element</td>
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<td valign="top">tofile</td>
<td valign="top">the file to move to</td>
<td valign="top" align="center" rowspan="2">With the <var>file</var> attribute,
either <var>tofile</var> or <var>todir</var> can be used. With nested filesets,
if the fileset size is greater than 1 or if the only entry in the fileset is a
directory or if the <var>file</var> attribute is already specified, only
<var>todir</var> is allowed</td>
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<td valign="top">todir</td>
<td valign="top">the directory to move to</td>
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<td valign="top">overwrite</td>
<td valign="top">overwrite existing files even if the destination
files are newer (default is "true")</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">filtering</td>
<td valign="top">indicates whether token filtering should take place during
the move. See the <a href="filter.html">filter</a> task for a description of
how filters work.</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">flatten</td>
<td valign="top">ignore directory structure of source directory,
copy all files into a single directory, specified by the <var>todir</var>
attribute (default is "false").Note that you can achieve the
same effect by using a <a href="../CoreTypes/mapper.html#flatten-mapper">flatten mapper</a></td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<td valign="top">includeEmptyDirs</td>
<td valign="top">Copy empty directories included with the nested FileSet(s).
Defaults to "yes".</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">No</td>
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<h3>Parameters specified as nested elements</h3>
<h4>mapper</h4>
<p>You can define file name transformations by using a nested <a
href="../CoreTypes/mapper.html">mapper</a> element. The default mapper used by
<code><copy></code> is the <a
href="../CoreTypes/mapper.html#identity-mapper">identity</a>.</p>
<h3>Examples</h3>
<p><b>Move a single file (rename a file)</b></p>
<pre>
<move file="file.orig" tofile="file.moved"/>
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<p><b>Move a single file to a directory</b></p>
<pre>
<move file="file.orig" todir="dir/to/move/to"/>
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<p><b>Move a directory to a new directory</b></p>
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<move todir="new/dir/to/move/to">
<fileset dir="src/dir"/>
</move>
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<p><b>Move a set of files to a new directory</b></p>
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<move todir="some/new/dir" >
<fileset dir="my/src/dir" >
<include name="**/*.jar"/>
<exclude name="**/ant.jar"/>
</fileset>
</move>
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<p><b>Append <code>".bak"</code> to the names of all files
in a directory.</b></p>
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<move todir="my/src/dir" >
<fileset dir="my/src/dir" >
<exclude name="**/*.bak"/>
</fileset>
<mapper type="glob" from="*" to="*.bak"/>
</move>
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