Copying a folder

[Eambo]

Hi Everyone,

I'm wondering what the best way to make a copy of a folder is. I want a prompt that asks a user if they want to make a backup, and should they hit yes it'll automate the process. So far I have this, but it doesn't want to work:

runwait(@comspec & "xcopy /s/e/i" & $InstallPath & "," & $InstallPath2 & "\Backup2")

But that just doesn't seem to want to work. Is there a built in method of doing this? If not, does anyone know what's wrong with the above?

Thanks! :-)

[GEOSoft]

See DirCopy() in the help file or try

runwait(@comspec & " xcopy /s/e/i" & $InstallPath & "," & $InstallPath2 & "\Backup2")

[Eambo]

See DirCopy() in the help file or try

runwait(@comspec & " xcopy /s/e/i" & $InstallPath & "," & $InstallPath2 & "\Backup2")

Thanks very much. I tried DirCopy, however it didn't copy sub directories - was I possibly doing something wrong?

Also your code looked much more promising, it launched a command prompt window...but it just sat there and didn't copy anything unfortunately :-( Thanks for trying to help, much appreciated!

Edit: Aha! It looks like if the folder already exists, it will not copy the files. I had a DirCreate before it, thinking the directory needed to exist - removed this and it seems to be working!

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction! :-)

Edited August 13, 2011 by Eambo

[GEOSoft]

glad you found the answer. The help file will do wonders.