Moving or Renaming a File or Directory

Managing Files and Folders with WebDAV > Moving or Renaming a File or Directory

Internal WebDAV

Move or rename a file or a directory.

Object URI	File move: {INT_WEBDAV_URL}/OLD_File_path Directory move: {INT_WEBDAV_URL}/Dir_path
HTTP Method	MOVE
Request Header	Destination: {INT_WEBDAV_URL}/New_path Or (to move or rename the file): Destination: {INT_WEBDAV_URL}/New_path_New_Name Or (to overwrite the existing): Destination: {INT_WEBDAV_URL}/New_path Overwrite: T
Request Body	Empty
Expected Response status	201 Created or 200 OK If a response such as 412 Precondition Failed is returned, the operation was canceled due to Overwrite being set to False. If a response such as 401 Access Denied is returned, check the permissions.

External WebDAV

The following example uses a move function that assumes overwrite=true. While it is possible to work with this preset configuration, you can also override this preset by overriding the sardine client class move method. See Changing Sardine Client Constructor to Disallow Overwrite.

Java Example

To move a file or a directory from one path to another, use the following:

sardine.move({EXT_WEBDAV_URL} + "/" + source, {EXT_WEBDAV_URL}+ "/" + destination);