package osutils import ( "io" "os" "path/filepath" ) // Move attempts to use os.Rename and if that fails (such as for a cross-device move), // it instead copies the source to the destination and then removes the source. func Move(sourcePath, destPath string) error { // Try to rename the source to the destination err := os.Rename(sourcePath, destPath) if err == nil { return nil // Successful move } // Rename failed, so copy the source to the destination err = copyDirOrFile(sourcePath, destPath) if err != nil { return err } // Copy successful, remove the original source err = os.RemoveAll(sourcePath) if err != nil { return err } return nil } func copyDirOrFile(sourcePath, destPath string) error { sourceInfo, err := os.Stat(sourcePath) if err != nil { return err } if sourceInfo.IsDir() { return copyDir(sourcePath, destPath, sourceInfo) } else if sourceInfo.Mode().IsRegular() { return copyFile(sourcePath, destPath, sourceInfo) } else { // ignore non-regular files return nil } } func copyDir(sourcePath, destPath string, sourceInfo os.FileInfo) error { err := os.MkdirAll(destPath, sourceInfo.Mode()) if err != nil { return err } entries, err := os.ReadDir(sourcePath) if err != nil { return err } for _, entry := range entries { sourceEntry := filepath.Join(sourcePath, entry.Name()) destEntry := filepath.Join(destPath, entry.Name()) err = copyDirOrFile(sourceEntry, destEntry) if err != nil { return err } } return nil } func copyFile(sourcePath, destPath string, sourceInfo os.FileInfo) error { sourceFile, err := os.Open(sourcePath) if err != nil { return err } defer sourceFile.Close() destFile, err := os.OpenFile(destPath, os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC|os.O_RDWR, sourceInfo.Mode()) if err != nil { return err } defer destFile.Close() _, err = io.Copy(destFile, sourceFile) if err != nil { return err } return nil }