FileCopy is messing with me!

[emmanuel]

this filecopy is always returning 0 and I can't figure out why.

I've got a dircreate that ensures the target exists, I've got error checking on the filecopy, and I've been staring at the filecopy help entry for entirely too long trying to figure this out...

Anyone have any ideas?

$stitle = "PSE DealTracker Install"
$sproduct = "PSE DealTracker"
$sSF = "\\spsefil1\comtr\Mid Office\Tools\11 - Deal Tracker\PSEDealTracker\*.*"
$stf = @ProgramFilesDir & "\PSEDealTracker"

Do
   $iFCT = FileCopy('"' & $sSF & '"', '"' & $sTF & '\*.*"', 1)
   Sleep(500)
   If $iFCT = 0 Then 
      If MsgBox(5, $stitle, 'Error copying ' & $sSF & ' to ' & $sTF & @LF & _
            "Click Retry to try again, you may need to make sure that no files in " & $sTF & _
            " are in use.  Click cancel to exit") = 2 Then
         Exit
      EndIf
   EndIf
Until $iFCT = 1

Complete code attached.

Install_PSE_Deal_Tracker.txt

[Jon]

For a start, FileCopy handles spaces in filenames OK so you shouldn't need all those quotes. Removing those should make things easier. Also throw in a MsgBox to output the source and dest pre-copy and make sure they are correct.

[CyberSlug]

I think someone mentioned a bug in the documentation--but I thought it was fixed: FileCopy does not support wild cards in its destination parameter; it only supports them in the source.

$iFCT = FileCopy('"' & $sSF & '"', '"' & $sTF & '\"', 1)

[emmanuel]

For a start, FileCopy handles spaces in filenames OK so you shouldn't need all those quotes.  Removing those should make things easier.  Also throw in a MsgBox to output the source and dest pre-copy and make sure they are correct.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

tried those, I actually have fileexists clauses for the source and a dircreate for the target... I'll try taking off the quotes, they were part of trying to fix it. .... ... ..

that did it.

Thanks Jon! You're tha man

[emmanuel]

One more related question, does the overwrite flag on filecopy overwrite readonly files? I seem to get the error back when there's a readonly file that's to be overwritten in the target dir...

[emmanuel]

One more related question, does the overwrite flag on filecopy overwrite readonly files?  I seem to get the error back when there's a readonly file that's to be overwritten in the target dir...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

And to answer my own question, no, filecopy's overwrite option does not overwrite RO files. I've added a filesetattrib -rsh before the filecopy and now it works.

Sounds more like a bug than a feature, when I tell something to overwrite, I mean it...

Don't you?