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# fileMove

> Moves a file or directory to the specified destination path, with an option to automatically create missing directories.

Moves a file or directory to the path specified.

## Required Parameters

* **source**: The path of the file (including the filename) or directory to move.
* **destination**: The path of the file (including the filename) or directory where the file or directory should be moved to.

## Optional Parameters

* **force**: Controls whether the operation creates missing directories in the destination path. The allowed values are `true` and `false`. The default is `true`.

## Output Attributes

* **file:source**: The full path of the source file or directory.
* **file:destination**: The full path of the destination file or directory.

## Example

```xml theme={null}
<!-- Creating the input item with the associated source and destination attributes -->
<arc:set attr="input.source" value="/tmp/source/moveme.xml" />
<arc:set attr="input.destination" value="/tmp/destination/moveme.xml" />

<!-- Calling fileMove and passing in the input item -->
<arc:call op="fileMove" item="input">
  <!-- Optional: Logging information about the moved file to the application log -->
  <arc:set attr="_log.info" value="The file [input.file:source], was moved to [input.file:destination]"/>  
</arc:call> 
```