Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

Oooohhh... Bob S > On Jun 20, 2017, at 23:07 , Mark Waddingham via use-livecode > wrote: > > On an unrelated not you don't need to twiddle with the defaultfolder as > files() and folders() now take an optional argument for the path :) > > Mark

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

There is some caveat to revcopyfile that I ran into when I went the url binfile way, but I forget what it is. It might have been the directory separators being platform-dependent, but it was months ago. On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:34 AM, Roger Eller via use-livecode <

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

I knew that, but didn't want to sound like a know-it-all. ;-p ~Roger On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 10:17 AM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I don´t want to sound like a know-it-all, but revcopyfile also uses just > the shell to copy the files: > >

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

I don´t want to sound like a know-it-all, but revcopyfile also uses just the shell to copy the files: replace "\" with "/" in pDestFile replace "\" with "/" in pSrcFile if there is a directory pDestFile then set the itemDel to "/" if char -1 of pDestFile is "/" then delete char -1 of

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

You could also try the revCopyFile and revCopyFolder commands. I normally only use the URL syntax to save new data I've created in a variable to a file. When copying existing files/folders I either use "get shell" to call native commands, or the built-in revCopyFile. ~Roger On Wed, Jun 21,

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

Let me be clearer. I think the message could be better (or perhaps the dictionary could list the error messages and explain them), because even though we use the "open" command in LC to read from a file or create a file, the lack of the need for a "create file" command in LCS doesn't remove that

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

to write to a file, even if it is copied, it has to be opened first. Did you try to remove the 2 slashes in the to path also? Matthias Rebbe +49 5741 31 ‌matthiasrebbe.eu ‌ > Am 21.06.2017 um 14:31 schrieb Mike Kerner via use-livecode >

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

also what is confusing is when I removed the // from the FROM file but left it in for the TO file, I get the same error, "can't open file", which to me implies that the file that exists can't be read, not that the TO path is wrong. On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Roger Eller via use-livecode <

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

Without meaning to add more confusion, a Windows UNC path from a server to a file does work with the form "binfile://servername/folder/folder/filename.txt", while local access (or mapped drives) are like "binfile:C:/folder/folder/filename.txt". ~Roger On Jun 21, 2017 2:07 AM, "Mark Waddingham

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

As others have pointed out, for binfile and file urls you shouldn't include the standard '//' in front of the (absolute) path. These are not parsed by the engine as standard urls - everything after the : is parsed as the filename. On an unrelated not you don't need to twiddle with the

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

On 06/20/2017 07:19 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote: I'm not on a mac a lot :-( So is "binfile:" more universal, or do I have to check the platform, first? What is the technique on linux? As far as I can remember, the "//" has never been recommended or approved for file or binfile.

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

I'm not on a mac a lot :-( So is "binfile:" more universal, or do I have to check the platform, first? What is the technique on linux? On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:09 PM, Roger Eller via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > You're not on a Mac anymore. ;-p > > I second the

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

You're not on a Mac anymore. ;-p I second the suggestion to lose the // if the platform is Windows. ~Roger On Jun 20, 2017 5:39 PM, "Mike Kerner via use-livecode" < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > In case it helps, here's the entire routine. This works on a Mac. > > on

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

In case it helps, here's the entire routine. This works on a Mac. on copyFilesNFolders fromFolder toFolder if there is not a folder toFolder then create folder toFolder if the result is not empty then put the result into theResult errlog theResult quit end if #the

Re: put url tricks to copy files on windows

Mike, please remove the // from your code and it should work. And of course make sure that you have write permission to the folder you are writing to. Regards, Matthias Matthias Rebbe +49 5741 31 ‌matthiasrebbe.eu ‌ > Am 20.06.2017 um 23:34 schrieb Mike Kerner

put url tricks to copy files on windows

I'm trying to use the put url technique to copy files on windows, but I'm getting "can't open file" If I do something like answer line 1 of url ("binfile://") I get what I expect, but when I try to put url ("binfile://") into url ("binfile://") I get "can't open file" in the result -- On the