Subj : Moving files between Filebases
To   : Nightfox
From : Digital Man
Date : Tue Feb 01 2022 05:11 pm

  Re: Moving files between Filebases
  By: Nightfox to Digital Man on Tue Feb 01 2022 02:06 pm

 > Hi DM,
 >
 > If one wanted to move a file from one Filebase to another, I don't see a
 > specific function in the JS object model documentation for doing so.  Would
 > this be the correct way?
 >
 > 1. Get the file's metadata object using FileBase.get(filename,
 > FileBase.DETAIL.EXTENDED)
 >
 > 2. Remove the file from the FileBase using FileBase.remove(filename, false)
 >
 > 3. Move the file to the other filebase directory, open that filebase, and
 > use FileBase.Add(meta-data object)
 >
 >
 > I'm wondering if this will preserve stats such as the total number of
 > downloads for the file, etc.

I think that would work, but it would *not* retain the last_downloaded/times_downloaded (and some other stats) property values of the file. :-(

This was an oversight on my part. I can fix that for a future release, but it's too late for v3.19b.
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