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# MoveTask Properties

The properties of the MoveTask class are listed below. For a complete list of MoveTask class members, see the MoveTask Members topic.

#### Public Instance Properties

CopyFileSet | Used to select the files to move. To use a FileSet, the ToDirectory attribute must be set.
FailOnError (inherited from Task) | Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true.
Filters | Chain of filters used to alter the file's content as it is moved.
Flatten | Ignore directory structure of source directory, move all files into a single directory, specified by the ToDirectory attribute. The default is false.
IfDefined (inherited from Task) | If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.
IncludeEmptyDirs (inherited from CopyTask) | Copy any empty directories included in the FileSet. The default is true.
InputEncoding (inherited from CopyTask) | The encoding to use when reading files. The default is the system's current ANSI code page.
LogPrefix (inherited from Task) | Obsolete. The prefix used when sending messages to the log.
Name (inherited from Task) | The name of the task.
NamespaceManager (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the XmlNamespaceManager.
OutputEncoding (inherited from CopyTask) | The encoding to use when writing the files. The default is the encoding of the input file.
Overwrite (inherited from CopyTask) | Overwrite existing files even if the destination files are newer. The default is false.
Parent (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the parent of the element.
Project (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the Project to which this element belongs.
Properties (inherited from Element) | Gets the properties local to this Element and the Project.
SourceFile | The file to move.
Threshold (inherited from Task) | Gets or sets the log threshold for this Task. By default the threshold of a task is Debug, causing no messages to be filtered in the task itself.
ToDirectory | The directory to move to.
ToFile | The file to move to.
UnlessDefined (inherited from Task) | Opposite of IfDefined. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.
Verbose (inherited from Task) | Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false.

#### Protected Instance Properties

CustomXmlProcessing (inherited from Element) | Gets a value indicating whether the element is performing additional processing using the XmlNode that was used to initialize the element.
FileCopyMap (inherited from CopyTask) | Obsolete. The set of files to perform a file operation on.
Location (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the location in the build file where the element is defined.
OperationMap (inherited from CopyTask) | Gets the operation map containing all the files/directories to perform file operations on.
XmlNode (inherited from Element) | Gets or sets the XML node of the element.

#### See Also

MoveTask Class | NAnt.Core.Tasks Namespace