Chris Burke wrote: > Sherlock, Ric wrote: > > Under programmatic control, I want to copy a chosen template to a > > sub-directory of the users directory. > > xcopy may well do what you want. However, in a similar > situation, I used zip, i.e. call zip (from J) to zip the > source tree, then unzip in the target directory. The zip > program takes care of the tree structure. > Yes that's probably quite a good approach. I may even be better to store the templates as zip files, to save diskspace and time compressing the folders at runtime.
Any thoughts on the merits of using the arc/zip addon for J vs the defined external zip program? Why doesn't J use the arc/zip addon for Package Manager? Is it just because the addon isn't installed in the J install or are there other considerations? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
