FileCopy Issues

[kurtbullock 0]

Hi there,

So I'm a newcommer to AutoIT, and it looks amazing! So I've created a few sample scripts while following the instructions in the documentation, but my first production script is having problems.

I have a really simple objective: copy folders from a network drive to a folder on the desktop. It's a Toshiba printer/scanner, with a built in network share.

I created the following script:

FileCopy("\\MFP-052903859\FILE_SHARE\SCAN\*.*", "%homepath%\printer_scans\",9)

When I do this, I end up getting a folder named "%homepath%" on my desktop. It's not inserting the homepath into the script.

How do I use environmental variables in my scripts?

Thanks for your help!

[Varian 5]

Make sure you enable expansion of environment variables

Opt('ExpandEnvStrings', 1)

[AdmiralAlkex 115]

Or use EnvGet()

[kurtbullock 0]

Great - that took care of it.

Now is there a flag to make it copy any directories found, to the destination?

As I have it, it copies all the files in the "From" folder, but not any folders.

Thanks!

[Varian 5]

Robocopy,xcopy...or one of the many file list to array recursive UDFs to find all files recursively and then use filecopy replacing the destination by stringreplace or regular expression

Edited October 28, 2010 by Varian

[JoHanatCent 7]

DirCopy() ?

[GEOSoft 63]

That is one of the pitfalls of using wildcards in functions like FileCopy(). By the way "*.*" means nothing to Windows "*" is exactly the same thing.

Opt('ExpandEnvStrings', 1)
$sPath = "\\MFP-052903859\FILE_SHARE\SCAN\"
$sSearch = FileFindFirstFile($sPath & "*")
If NOT @Error Then
     While 1
          $sFile = FileFindNextFile($sSearch)
          If @error Then ExitLoop
          If @Extended Then
               DirCopy($sPath & $sFile, "%homepath%\printer_scans\" & $sFile, 1)
          Else
               FileCopy($sPath & $sFile, "%homepath%\printer_scans\" & $sFile, 9)
          EndIf
     WEnd
EndIf

[Zibit 0]

you can use the _RunDOS command using xcopy or cp