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From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
Subject: Re: Moving and resetting attachments
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Florian Lindner <mailinglists@xgm.de> writes:

> Hello,
>
> two questions about moving attachments to org files:
>
> C-c C-a a attaches a file and stores it under ./data/ID/...
>
> Using C-c C-a s I can set another directory a attachment directory.
> Can I make org-mode move the content of the previous
> directory to the new directory?
>
> Can I "reset" the attachment directory, i.e. like C-c C-a s but
> :ATTACH_DIR: is deleted and the contents of the previous
> directory are moved to ./data/ID?
>
> Rationale:
>
> I use org mode as a document management system. Create an entry Papers -> Interpolation -> ECCOMAS. I know create an
> custom attachment directory ECCOMAS, next to the org file as long as I
> am working on that paper. When it's finished, I
> want to move the contents of the ECCOMAS attachment directory to ./data/ID/.

It doesn't work this way now, but I think it makes sense, and I would
also find that helpful. `org-attach-set-directory' could be changed to
check for existing files, and offer to move them. There's no
`org-attach-unset-directory', but I suppose there could be.

Eric