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I'm using the os.rename function in a lua script. It works perfectly fine for renaming files on my hard drive, e.g. os.rename("test.txt","/Users/username/Desktop/test2.txt") will rename the fil...
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2022-10-08T09:45:51Z (over 1 year ago)
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2022-10-04T22:33:34Z (over 1 year ago)
Using Lua's `os.rename` on a mac to rename files on a USB flash drive
- Using Lua's `os.rename` to rename a file from a hard drive to a new location on a USB flash drive
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samcarter
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2022-10-04T22:31:56Z (over 1 year ago)
- I'm using the `os.rename` function in a lua script. It works perfectly fine for renaming files on my hard drive, e.g.
- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Users/username/Desktop/test2.txt")
- ```
- will rename the file as desired.
However if source file is on my hard drive and the target file is on a USB flash drive, the following operation- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
- will fail with the message
- > Cross-device link
- which seems to indicate that the problem is that that source and target are on different file systems.
- Is there any way to get `os.rename` to work in such a case or should I better resort to a workaround like
- ```
- os.execute("mv test.txt /Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
- ?
- -----
- I'm using
- - Lua 5.4.4
- - macOS 11.6.8
- I'm using the `os.rename` function in a lua script. It works perfectly fine for renaming files on my hard drive, e.g.
- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Users/username/Desktop/test2.txt")
- ```
- will rename the file as desired.
- However if the source file is on my hard drive and the target file is on a USB flash drive, the following operation
- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
- will fail with the message
- > Cross-device link
- which seems to indicate that the problem is that that source and target are on different file systems.
- Is there any way to get `os.rename` to work in such a case or should I better resort to a workaround like
- ```
- os.execute("mv test.txt /Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
- ?
- -----
- I'm using
- - Lua 5.4.4
- - macOS 11.6.8
#4: Post edited
by
samcarter
·
2022-10-04T22:16:16Z (over 1 year ago)
- I'm using the `os.rename` function in a lua script. It works perfectly fine for renaming files on my hard drive, e.g.
- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Users/username/Desktop/test2.txt")
- ```
- will rename the file as desired.
However if the target file is on a USB flash drive, the following operation silently fails- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
-----I was wondering if this might have to do with mac's security settings, however using `os.execute` instead of `os.rename` will work fine:- ```
- os.execute("mv test.txt /Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
and I also verified that `Terminal.app` does have full disk access:---Any idea why `os.rename` does not work on the USB flash drive?- I'm using
- - Lua 5.4.4
- - macOS 11.6.8
- I'm using the `os.rename` function in a lua script. It works perfectly fine for renaming files on my hard drive, e.g.
- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Users/username/Desktop/test2.txt")
- ```
- will rename the file as desired.
- However if source file is on my hard drive and the target file is on a USB flash drive, the following operation
- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
- will fail with the message
- > Cross-device link
- which seems to indicate that the problem is that that source and target are on different file systems.
- Is there any way to get `os.rename` to work in such a case or should I better resort to a workaround like
- ```
- os.execute("mv test.txt /Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
- ?
- -----
- I'm using
- - Lua 5.4.4
- - macOS 11.6.8
#3: Post edited
by
Alexei
·
2022-10-04T20:27:46Z (over 1 year ago)
added relevant tag
#2: Post edited
by
samcarter
·
2022-10-04T15:12:32Z (over 1 year ago)
- I'm using the `os.rename` function in a lua script. It works perfectly fine for renaming files on my hard drive, e.g.
- ```
os.rename("test.mp4","/Users/username/Desktop/test2.mp4")- ```
- will rename the file as desired.
- However if the target file is on a USB flash drive, the following operation silently fails
- ```
os.rename("test.mp4","/Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.mp4")- ```
- -----
- I was wondering if this might have to do with mac's security settings, however using `os.execute` instead of `os.rename` will work fine:
- ```
os.execute("mv test.mp4 /Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.mp4")- ```
- and I also verified that `Terminal.app` does have full disk access:
- 
- ---
- Any idea why `os.rename` does not work on the USB flash drive?
- I'm using
- - Lua 5.4.4
- - macOS 11.6.8
- I'm using the `os.rename` function in a lua script. It works perfectly fine for renaming files on my hard drive, e.g.
- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Users/username/Desktop/test2.txt")
- ```
- will rename the file as desired.
- However if the target file is on a USB flash drive, the following operation silently fails
- ```
- os.rename("test.txt","/Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
- -----
- I was wondering if this might have to do with mac's security settings, however using `os.execute` instead of `os.rename` will work fine:
- ```
- os.execute("mv test.txt /Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.txt")
- ```
- and I also verified that `Terminal.app` does have full disk access:
- 
- ---
- Any idea why `os.rename` does not work on the USB flash drive?
- I'm using
- - Lua 5.4.4
- - macOS 11.6.8
#1: Initial revision
by
samcarter
·
2022-10-04T15:11:35Z (over 1 year ago)
Using Lua's `os.rename` on a mac to rename files on a USB flash drive
I'm using the `os.rename` function in a lua script. It works perfectly fine for renaming files on my hard drive, e.g.
```
os.rename("test.mp4","/Users/username/Desktop/test2.mp4")
```
will rename the file as desired.
However if the target file is on a USB flash drive, the following operation silently fails
```
os.rename("test.mp4","/Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.mp4")
```
-----
I was wondering if this might have to do with mac's security settings, however using `os.execute` instead of `os.rename` will work fine:
```
os.execute("mv test.mp4 /Volumes/FLASHDRIVE/test2.mp4")
```
and I also verified that `Terminal.app` does have full disk access:
---
Any idea why `os.rename` does not work on the USB flash drive?
I'm using
- Lua 5.4.4
- macOS 11.6.8