New topic: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to work
<http://forums.realsoftware.com/viewtopic.php?t=24882> Page 1 of 1 [ 9 posts ] Previous topic | Next topic Author Message brianheibert.com Post subject: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to workPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:04 pm Joined: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:38 pm Posts: 371 Location: Loveland, OH USA Copying files from the shell command doesn't seem to work for some reason I enter the full path in my original file edit field and my duplicate file edit field and nothing happens. Is it possible to use a AppleScript to do this? If so how would I do that? But anyway here's my shell code Code: dim original as string dim copy as string dim sysversion as integer dim myOSErr as Boolean myOSErr =system.gestalt("sysv",sysversion) original = CopyMate.OrigFilePath.text copy = CopyMate.DuplicateFilePath.text If TargetMacOS and sysversion >1040 then dim copyshell as shell copyshell = new Shell copyshell.execute "cp "+original+" "+copy else MSGBOX "CopyMate requires MacOS X (v10.4.x or higher)." quit end if Brian Top mrebar Post subject: Re: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to workPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:44 pm Joined: Wed Feb 15, 2006 1:30 pm Posts: 2229 Location: U.S.A (often) Spokane, Eugene, Pago Pago Quote:I enter the full path in my original file edit field Choose a file to test with. Open the Terminal application. Toss that file on the Terminal window. Is the path the same as the one you describe above? Michael Top brianheibert.com Post subject: Re: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to workPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:58 pm Joined: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:38 pm Posts: 371 Location: Loveland, OH USA it is sort of the same except that in RB the path is separated by : and in the terminal the path is separated by / It looks like it did make a copy though because when I ran the terminal I found gobarbg401.pct and the file was originally gobarbg400.pct So I guess I am ok Is there anyway to display a MSGBOX with the file path to the copied file? So I can confirm to the user that the file was copied? Brian _________________ Brian Heibert http://www.brianheibert.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Top brianheibert.com Post subject: Re: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to workPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:06 pm Joined: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:38 pm Posts: 371 Location: Loveland, OH USA I just tested it again with the new file path MSGBOX's Code: dim copyshell as shell copyshell = new Shell copyshell.execute "cp "+original+" "+copy MSGBOX "File: "+original+ "copied as: "+copy It says it copied it but I can't find the copied file. I tried to copy this file: Macintosh HD:Users:brianheibert:Documents:LtrToMeara.pages: to Macintosh HD:Users:brianheibert:Documents:LetterToMeara.pages: But I did a Spotlight search on LetterToMeara and it couldn't find anything Is the end : a problem? I didn't put that there it was automatically put by the program. _________________ Brian Heibert http://www.brianheibert.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Top Mo_Funds Post subject: Re: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to workPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:52 pm Joined: Fri Sep 30, 2005 3:29 pm Posts: 387 Make sure you have the correct permissions for each directory and the file(s) itself. You may also want to use cp via terminal first to make sure you know how to correctly copy the file where you want it and that it does indeed work properly. Top kendoll Post subject: Re: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to workPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:02 pm Joined: Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:39 am Posts: 1154 When using a shell on Mac OS X, you are essentially patching into the Unix subsystem. Unix file paths usually do NOT match up with classic Mac OS paths. I'd recommend getting a FolderItem reference to the source and destination files, then passing each of the FolderItem.ShellPath to cp. That will not only allow you to do better error checking on your end, but also ensure the paths are valid and escaped properly. Also, you may want to look into using ditto, as cp will not preserve resource forks. _________________ Kenneth McCleary UPshift Studios http://ken.upshiftstudios.com/ Top brianheibert.com Post subject: Re: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to workPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 5:59 pm Joined: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:38 pm Posts: 371 Location: Loveland, OH USA I got a problem: Code, CPMModule.FileOperations.Copy, line 10, Type mismatch error. Expected FolderItem, but got String., origc = CopyMate.OrigFilePath.text it is saying Expected folderitem but got string on origc and copyc I need a path to be put in two edit fields one is OrigFilePath.text and the other is DuplicateFilePath.text that is why it is string but I can see that for the origc.ShellPath and copyc.ShellPath to work it needs to be folderitem What should I do? Code: dim original as string dim copy as string dim sysversion as integer dim myOSErr as Boolean myOSErr =system.gestalt("sysv",sysversion) dim origc as folderitem dim copyc as folderitem origc = CopyMate.OrigFilePath.text copyc = CopyMate.DuplicateFilePath.text original = origc.ShellPath copy = copyc.shellPath if original = "" and copy = "" or original = "" or copy = "" then MSGBOX "No file path found. Please re-enter a original file path and a copy file path. Then try again." Exit end if If TargetMacOS and sysversion >1040 then dim copyshell as shell copyshell = new Shell copyshell.execute "ditto "+original+" "+copy MSGBOX "File: "+original+ " copied as: "+copy else MSGBOX "CopyMate requires MacOS X (v10.4.x or higher)." quit end if _________________ Brian Heibert http://www.brianheibert.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Top timhare Post subject: Re: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to workPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 6:41 pm Joined: Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:21 pm Posts: 3565 Location: Portland, OR USA Use GetFolderItem to return a folderitem from a path. Code:origc = GetFolderItem(CopyMate.OrigFilePath.text) copyc = GetFolderItem(CopyMate.DuplicateFilePath.text) Tim Top brianheibert.com Post subject: Re: Copy file from Shell doesn't seem to workPosted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 7:04 pm Joined: Thu Jan 25, 2007 7:38 pm Posts: 371 Location: Loveland, OH USA Thankyou that worked. 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