# Moving Files from a CGI Script **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 12, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-files-from-a-cgi-script/63143 "2006-06-12T17:56:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nko)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-files-from-a-cgi-script/63143/1 "2006-06-12T17:56:59Z")
I’m looking to use a CGI script to move / rename a directory. I can’t find anything under Dir:: or File:: that looks appropriate and making a shell command `in back-ticks` is out of the question as I’m using POST data to determine which directory to move. What’s the appropriate mechanism for moving files in Ruby? ---
**Author:** ![nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nko)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-files-from-a-cgi-script/63143/2 "2006-06-12T18:09:38Z")
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Nathan O. wrote: > I’m looking to use a CGI script to move / rename a directory. I can’t > find anything under Dir:: or File:: that looks appropriate and making a > shell command `in back-ticks` is out of the question as I’m using POST > data to determine which directory to move. What’s the appropriate > mechanism for moving files in Ruby? ri FileUtils -a ---
**Author:** ![nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nko)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-files-from-a-cgi-script/63143/3 "2006-06-12T18:10:06Z")
Nathan O. wrote: > I’m looking to use a CGI script to move / rename a directory. I can’t > find anything under Dir:: or File:: that looks appropriate and making a > shell command `in back-ticks` is out of the question as I’m using POST > data to determine which directory to move. What’s the appropriate > mechanism for moving files in Ruby? Will FileUtils::mv do what you want? ---
**Author:** ![nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nko)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-files-from-a-cgi-script/63143/4 "2006-06-12T18:16:09Z")
Alex Y. wrote: > Will FileUtils::mv do what you want? FileUtils looks perfect! Thanks. Every time I feel like I’m getting somewhere with Ruby, I find out I’ve been missing some obvious bit the whole time. I couldn’t even find this on Google! ---
**Author:** ![nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nko)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-files-from-a-cgi-script/63143/5 "2006-06-12T18:32:12Z")
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Nathan O. wrote: > Alex Y. wrote: > > > Will FileUtils::mv do what you want? > > FileUtils looks perfect! Thanks. Every time I feel like I’m getting > somewhere with Ruby, I find out I’ve been missing some obvious bit the > whole time. I couldn’t even find this on Google! download the source. look in the lib/ dir. it’s all there. alternatively use [http://ruby-doc.org/](http://ruby-doc.org/) it’s all there too. -a ---
**Author:** ![nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/91b2a8/32.png) [@nko](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/nko)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/moving-files-from-a-cgi-script/63143/6 "2006-06-12T18:43:38Z")
unknown wrote: > [http://ruby-doc.org/](http://ruby-doc.org/) > > it’s all there too. That’s the first place I looked. I glossed over the modules listed below File without thinking about it. There were a lot of them, and usually in a situation like that, I end up going down a lot of dead-end roads. Just goes to show what I get for being cynical!