Copy and renmae using a variable

[Curtiss W.]

Ok can you use a variable when you copy a file to change the name? Can you do it on the fly or do you have to rename the file first and then copy it? See Below.

FileCopy ( @homedrive &"\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\autoit-temp\a\test.bat" , @homedrive &"\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\autoit-temp\b\ @computername & -test.bat", 9)

In this case when the file is copied from floder a to folder b I need to add the computer name to the front of the file name. so it starts off as test.bat but need to end up as %computer%-test.bat

Thanks is advance for any help.

Curtiss W.

[xcal]

I don't think you can rename during a filecopy. I believe you need to do a filemove to rename. For what you have, it'll look like this:

FileCopy ( @homedrive &"\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\autoit-temp\a\test.bat", @TempDir, 9)
FileMove(@TempDir & "\test.bat", @HomeDrive & "\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\autoit-temp\b\" & @ComputerName & "-test.bat", 9)

[Helge]

Curtiss, why didn't you just this yourself ? I don't see a reason for you to ask this question

here really, when you could have found it out in like 10 seconds. Anyway, the answer is yes.

[xcal]

Well I'll be... It looks like you can rename during a copy. I didn't think you could since the help file says "Because AutoIt lacks a "FileRename" function, use FileMove to rename a file!"