Bernie, Perhaps have the FTP command save two copies. One in the working folder and another is the backup. At most if a error occurs you have a untouched original backup ahead of time.
----- Reply message ----- From: "Bernard Lis" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: copying a 3 component names file Date: Sun, Apr 17, 2011 4:50 pm Thanks Alastair, This is the way the file comes to us, via FTP. I could manually rename it, but that won't work in a production environment. Usually we just process it and then delete it. Now the customer wants to save it in another folder before deleting it in the working folder and COPY just doesn't want to cooperate. ----- Original Message ----- From: Alastair Burr To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2011 3:08 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: copying a 3 component names file Bernie, Long ago and far away I seem to remember that DOS had a limit on the length of the parameters used in the copy command. I _think_ that the total length of the filenames had to be less that 76 or 78 – ie something less that 80. Maybe it was a limit on each filename – so something less than 40. Your long filename is 42 characters long. You could try reducing the length to see if this is your problem. Back then, too, having two full stops in a filename would have been invalid. Regards, Alastair. From: Bernard Lis Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 10:13 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: copying a 3 component names file This is what I get when I try to copy it:R>copy duns129868217.cmp.110413081445827211yP saveit-ERROR- Invalid source filespec (2281)Here is what is in the file:R>type duns129868217.cmp.110413081445827211yP200001H14229905112986821700010017041311081013854M5.0 00002000290121610142299051B233124 12986821700150652010003 901E849 178068011 DSP010004 677E2L1478000K638492L14 78000K63 849010005 685EFD10A----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Berry" <[email protected]>To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:36 AMSubject: [RBASE-L] - Re: copying a 3 component names file> Bernie, the COPY command is supported by R:Base without needing to ZIP > to it.> COPY ThisReallyLong.HidingInASubdirectory.File.TXT LongFile.TXT> > On 15/04/2011 8:15 PM, Bernard Lis wrote:>> from the R> (or within a macro) I want to copy a file. The file name >> is a 3 component name like x.x.x except it is a very long name.>> I've tried zip copy and zip rollout copy>> But all I get is "program not found">>>> Thanks in advance,>> Bernie Lis>>>>> >
