How can I move an Attachments folder?

[sbartelski]

For various reasons I have ended up with a messy set of Attachments directories, see image below. I would like to move the content of the clc-smf-test directory to the Attachments1 directory. Can I just copy the files, and then delete the test directory or will that mess things up? If that will not work, is there another way to accomplish what I need, please?

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[Kindred]

You can't just move the files.

There are references in the database as to where the files are located.

I thought there was an admin option to move files around

[Sir Osis of Liver]

Admin > Attachments and Avatars > File Maintenance > Transfer Attachments

Never tried it, but should do what you're asking.

[sbartelski]

Thanks to both of you for the above answers, I guess that I will have to try duplicating the images into the new directory, and then renaming the old test directory. If I have problem I will have to rename the test directory back and just leave it there.

I looked but could not find an admin tool to move directories

[Sir Osis of Liver]

You can't just copy attachments from one directory to another, or rename a directory, the database links will be broken and the attachments will not be displayed.

Admin > Attachments and Avatars > File Maintenance > Transfer Attachments

You can use this to transfer working attachments from one directory to another, it will update the links.

[sbartelski]

You can't just copy attachments from one directory to another, or rename a directory, the database links will be broken and the attachments will not be displayed.

Admin > Attachments and Avatars > File Maintenance > Transfer Attachments

You can use this to transfer working attachments from one directory to another, it will update the links.

Thank you, thank you, thank you

Stefan