ExtendScript - Folder.changePath() Difficulties

[Nathan Lovell_52]

Hello, I am attempting to move 1 folder into another using the Folder.changePath() method built into ES. However, I am having issues getting the path right, or understanding what is required in the argument.

var moveme = Folder("C:/Users/Nate/Documents/moveme");

var movehere = Folder("C:/Users/Nate/Documents/movehere");

moveme.changePath("../../");
//moveme.changePath(movehere.getRelativeURI());

[Mylenium]

You are not doing anything to cancatenate the strings. The function uses absloute references. You cannot expect it to just append the two levels up prefix.

Mylenium

[Nathan Lovell_52]

Care to help me out? I've tried using relative and absolute URI and paths to no avail. How and what are you concatenating? 

[Justin Taylor-Hyper Brew · Accepted solution]

People typically use rename for moving files:

var s = new Folder('~/Desktop/test.png')
s.rename('~/Desktop/folder/test.png')

[Nathan Lovell_52]

A bit confused by your code. Why do you use a folder object to represent a .png file? 

If this is how you move files, how can I move a folder and all the contents within it?

Thanks!