How FileCopy is actually executed

[comp]

Hey,

I'm working on a script that searches, recursively, through a directory tree looking for specific file types. It then copies those file with the given type to a different folder to zip the up. However, we have some very stringent rules on the software that we use at where I work, and I need to know how the FileCopy function actually works. Is it translated by the compiler to native Windows commands?

Thanks

[Jos]

CopyFile() is used internally.

[comp]

CopyFile() is used internally.

Internally how? I'm sorry I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that

[PsaltyDS]

AutoIt is an interpreted scripting language. The native AutoIt function FileCopy() in a script is parsed at run time by the AutoIt Interpreter binary, which is a compiled C/C++ program.

The "compiler" only packs the script text (with optional obfusctation/compression/encryption) along with the interpreter binary into a single file. This is about the same a you get with Perl2Exe for "compiling" Perl scripts.

[Jos]

AutoIt3 is a interpreter so the AutoIt3 program reads your source and executes internal commands/fucntions.

This kernel is written in C++ and the command used in for the FileCopy() command is copyfile() from Kernel32.dll.

Jos

Edited July 9, 2010 by Jos

[comp]

AutoIt3 is a interpreter so the AutoIt3 program reads your source and executes internal commands/fucntions.

This kernel is written in C++ and the command used in for the FileCopy() command is copyfile() from Kernel32.dll.

Jos

Got it. Thanks guys that really helped