Yes, my original reference to copy() related to dirs was a mistake. JK > On Mar 3, 2019, at 3:24 PM, Sam Hobbs <Sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Initially you said copy and now you say rename/move. Copying a directory is not the same as moving a directory. I am nearly certain that it is not necessary to recurse subdirectories when a directory is moved. Perhaps you must only do a single rename. > >> Jeffry Killen Sunday, March 3, 2019 2:09 PM >> Thank you for your response Kalle; >> >> I have written a recursive class member method for such things as setting permissions, >> delete, save as (copy under a different name), and search. So I can implement it for renaming* >> directories >> >> * relocating a directory to different parent directory >> >> JK >> >> >> >> Kalle Sommer Nielsen Sunday, March 3, 2019 1:21 PM >> Hi >> >> No, none of the file system functions does any recursive behavior like >> that in PHP and it is something you would have to implement on your >> own. The SPL extension does however implement a >> RecursiveDirectoryIterator which you may find useful for this. >> >> >> >> Jeffry Killen Sunday, March 3, 2019 12:53 PM >> Hello; >> I have looked at manual entries for rename and copy but >> I don't see that they will work recursively for renaming or >> copying directories with contents. >> >> Do these work recursively for directories when a directory >> is copied or renamed to a new directory? >> >> Thank you >> JK >> >> >
