The following document applies to the command-line usage of safemove. For usage directly in a Node application, please see the alternate README located here.

Recursively copy and delete files and folders from one location to another.

More info on why I created this is on my blog: https://fredlackey.com

npm i -g safemove

Move files and folders from one location to another...

safemove \
  --source "/Users/flackey/Documents/Screenshots" \
  --target "/Volumes/MPHD01/Screenshots"

... or, add use the backup switch to safely store copies of files that will be overwritten ...

safemove \
  --source "/Users/flackey/Documents/Screenshots" \
  --target "/Volumes/MPHD01/Screenshots" \
  --backup "/Volumes/BACKUP01/Screenshots"

Of course, you can always prevent overwriting at all costs by using the --nooverwrite switch...

safemove \
  --source '/Users/flackey/pCloud Drive/Automatic Upload/' \
  --target /Volumes/MPHD01/Multimedia/Photos/ \
  --nooverwrite

The addition of the --console switch adds an output which is helpful for long-running operations...

Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions, comments, or enhancement requests:

Fred Lackey
fred.lackey@gmail.com
http://fredlackey.com