Yes, but a very long time ago now I had backup copying problems and
ended up with errors that eventually were solved by everything being
right not necessarily just what appeared to be wrong. I remember
expanding all the variables so that the command was simply copy:
"sourcefiles" "destination" - so without the &var and with quotes to
allow spaces
Stupid question I'm sure but there really are files to copy at the time?
Has windows been upgraded? If so defaults might not be the same.
Good luck, Alastair.
On 26/06/2023 15:59, 'jim schmitt' via RBASE-L wrote:
Thanks, Alastair:
Yes, there are three spaces in the VF_TO variable, but isn't the
'cannot open source file' referring to the 'C:\UBILL\*.*' of the copy
command ?
Still searching. Jim
On Monday, June 26, 2023 at 10:50:22 AM EDT, Alastair Burr
<[email protected]> wrote:
Looks to me that you have a space, just before AM - possibly due to
date/time format change. Filenames with spaces need to be in double
quotes for system copy.
Rwgards. Alastair.
On 26/06/2023 15:01, 'jim schmitt' via RBASE-L wrote:
Good Moring, group:
I have a Utility Billing program running at several villages, and the
backup routine which does a backup to an external drive has failed
lately at 3 clients with the same error message of 'cannot open
source file (2085). I wrote the routine years ago, and it is quite
simple. I create a variable of 'location/name/time/date' for where
we are sending the data to (VF_TO}'. This is because the operator
may do multiple backup on any given day.
The command is: COPY C:\UBILL\*.* &VF_TO
Sample trace attached. Am i doing the simplest way for a backup or
others have a better way. ??
Any 'blues' clues.
Thanks for any assistance.
Jim
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