How to wait for completion of FileCopy

[mumdigau]

Hi,

I'd like to move files to a temp directory before further processing them. They are quite huge (wav files),and because I experienced that FileCopy is handled asynchronously (i. e, the script does not wait for the copy to be finished), I built a loop which asks for the file size of both source and temp file. The code looks like this:

FileCopy ($inputfile, $tempfile,1)

$filesize = FileGetSize($inputfile)

While 2

Sleep(5)

If FileGetSize($tempfile) = $filesize Then ExitLoop

WEnd

This loops is nested into another loop which goes through all files of the input directory.

The code works fine for some files, but then it loops on the Sleep, so it doesn't get TRUE on the If. When I look into the temp directory, I can't see the temp file. Obviously the FileCopy wasn't successful (why?). So it might be a good idea to check its return value. The question now is: When exactly is the FileCopy return value set? How can I improve the code so it will function as desired?

Many thanks for any help.

Best regards

mumdigau

[Jos]

Hi,

I'd like to move files to a temp directory before further processing them. They are quite huge (wav files),and because I experienced that FileCopy is handled asynchronously (i. e, the script does not wait for the copy to be finished),

Don't think so. Filecopy is a blocking function and the script will only continue when it is finished.

You can test the returncode to see if he copy was successful.

[mumdigau]

Don't think so. Filecopy is a blocking function and the script will only continue when it is finished.

You can test the returncode to see if he copy was successful.

You're right. Checking the retun value will do the thing. Thanks.

mumdigau