I do see it defined in addons/general/dirtrees/dirtrees.ijs in the way that 
Raul has suggested

NB. =========================================================
NB. Verbs local to rgstrees locale

NB.*fcopy v Copies file from one filename to another
NB. form: ToFile fcopy FromFile
fcopy=: fwrite~ fread

Cheers, bob

> On Feb 12, 2020, at 14:54, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If I were defining fcopy in J (rather than deferring to the host
> operating system), I'd do it like this:
> 
>   fcopy=: fwrite~ fread
> 
> Data flow would be right to left (so source file name on the right,
> and destination file name on the left). Result is the length of the
> copied file.
> 
> I hope this helps,
> 
> -- 
> Raul
> 
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 5:50 PM Devon McCormick <devon...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Is there, or did there used to be, a file copy command called "fcopy"?  I
>> see it in some old code but cannot find its definition.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Devon
>> --
>> 
>> Devon McCormick, CFA
>> 
>> Quantitative Consultant
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