Using Shell to copy files
Nic Prioleau
nickp at didata.bw
Wed Apr 4 06:52:47 EDT 2007
Yeah I hear you... Problem is my revCopyFile is returning a 1, so I am not
too sure what this means(other than it's in error). Does this command also
worry about spaces in the folder names?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave" <dave at looktowindward.com>
To: "How to use Revolution" <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: Using Shell to copy files
> Hi,
>
> What problems are you having with the revCopyFile command? AFAIK it works
> ok. This is a better way of doing since depending on what you are doing,
> using the shell or an external copy command may cause problems if you
> open the new file too quickly.
>
> All the Best
> Dave
>
> On 4 Apr 2007, at 11:35, Nic Prioleau wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> having tried, with no result, to copy files using revCopyFile, I decided
>> to try and use shell("copy"). The way I am doing it may seem a little
>> odd but my syntax is this...
>>
>> put quote & "copy "&source&space&tLocalPath"e into tTest
>> set the hideConsoleWindows to true
>> get shell(tTest)
>>
>> This works fine but only if the folder I am copying to does not have any
>> spaces in it's name.
>>
>> Can someone tell me how I would get around this problem. It's obviously
>> a DOS issue but I am not sure of the syntax.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Nic
>>
>>
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