Hi John !
Two things come to mind - there VERY often can be problems with
a file or directory name containing SPACES, especially when using
macro substitution from variable names. Try changing the space to
a dash or underscore .... As a matter of standards, I NEVER use spaces
in file names, and try to keep name lengths to 8.3 if possible - the old
MessyDOS bugs still bite !!
The other possible problem is the length of the full path name -
I don't know what the limit is, but I have heard of others having a
problem with Windoze truncating after a certain number of
characters .... again, using variable substitution.
--
......bobp
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On Sunday 18 March 2007 15:56, John Weller wrote:
> I've written a small app to copy a directory from one location to another as
> a backup and it's giving me the weirdest errors. Any enlightenment would be
> gratefully received.
>
> The directory being copied is D:\CELEBRATION FILE which is being copied to
> F:\Backup\
>
> If I run as an app from the directory D:\COPYUTIL I get the following
> errors:
>
> One error is with the line COPY (tcSourceFile) TO (tcTargetName).
> The source file shows as D:\CELEBRATION FILE\SOURCECODE\PRGS\MAIN.FXP in
> Debug.
> The target name is F:\BACKUP\Mirror20070318a\SOURCECODE\PRGS\MAIN.FXP
> The error message is File C:\docume~1\john\locals#1\temp\main.fxp does not
> exist!
>
> Another is where two of the files being copied CONTROL.SCX, and CONTROL.SCT
> in the folder D:\CELEBRATION FILE\SOURCECODE\FORMS are shown as being in
> use - but they shouldn't be. This app uses a form CONTROL but a totally
> different folder.
>
> If I run as an exe from C:\Program Fils\CopyUtil I get the following errors:
>
> File 'c:\program files\copyutil\dbfs\about.dbf' does not exist.
> File 'c:\program files\copyutil\dbfs\logos.dbf' does not exist.
> File 'c:\program files\copyutil\forms\control.sct' does not exist.
> File 'c:\program files\copyutil\forms\control.scx' does not exist.
> File 'c:\vfp9 common code\graphics\h_point.cur' does not exist.
>
> Which is quite correct - they don't as they are components of the exe and
> exist in D:\CopyUtil\Sourcecode\.
>
> There are over 1500 files in the folder I'm copying and the rest copy
> without any problems.
>
> I'm baffled! But for the fact I hate being beaten I'd have replaced the lot
> by RUN XCOPY...
>
> John Weller
> 01380 723235
> 07976 393631
>
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