move copies instead of moves

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for /f "tokens=*" %%i in (%file_list%) DO (move "%src_folder%\%%i" "%dst_folder%")

This resulted in copy instead of move.

I need to remove the files from the source folder.

edited Jul 1 at 15:16

Toto

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asked Jul 1 at 14:01

/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
– Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style
Commented Jul 1 at 14:03
FOR %%A IN ("%SourceDir%\*.*") DO XCOPY /F /Y "%%~A" "%DestDir%\" && DEL /Q /F "%%~A"
– Vomit IT - Chunky Mess Style
Commented Jul 1 at 14:04
Thank you very much. Still wondering why MOVE copied, though.
– Robert J. Gonzalez
Commented Jul 1 at 14:18
This was on the same drive. I need to separate out 8000+ files from a folder of about 32000. I really don't want to do it by hand.
– Robert J. Gonzalez
Commented Jul 1 at 16:35
I adapted your syntax for delete to my script and it moved successfully but reports "couldn't find %%~A. What does the %%~A do?
– Robert J. Gonzalez
Commented Jul 1 at 16:48

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