writing a little udf

[emmanuel]

the goal is to kinda do like xcopy's /D option

only problem, can't decide the best way to compare dates. here's what I have and it works fine aside from the part where it compares the dates.

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#include-once
;===============================================================================
;
; Description:      Copy file and overwrite only if target is newer
; Syntax:           __FileCopyNewer( $sSrc, $sTrgt, $iOpt )
; Parameter(s):     $sSrc - Path and filename to 
;                   $sTrgt - Path and filename to 
;                   $iOpt  - Time attribute to be used, same as FileGetTime
;                                0 = Modified
;                                1 = Created
;                                2 = Accessed
; Requirement(s):   None
; Return Value(s):  On Success - Returns 1
;                                @error = -1; if the target file is newer than the source
;                   On Failure - Returns 0 and sets:
;                                @error = 1: Error finding file or retreiving it's time
;                                @error = 2: File copy failed
; Author(s):        Emmanuel Pleshe <emmanuel.pleshe@gmail.com>
; Note(s):          I don't know what this will do with wildcards.
;
;===============================================================================

;~ #cs
;demo:
$source = "C:\Documents and Settings\Eman\Desktop\icons from iconhell.txt"
$target = "C:\test.txt"
$opt = 0
$testing = _FileCopyNewer($source, $target, $opt)
$error = @error
MsgBox(4096, 'debug:', '$testing:' & $testing);### Debug MSGBOX 
MsgBox(4096, 'debug:', '$error:' & $error);### Debug MSGBOX 
;~ #ce

Func _FileCopyNewer($sSrc, $sTrgt, $iOpt)
   $sSrcMod = FileGetTime($sSrc, $iOpt)
   $sTrgtMod = FileGetTime($sSrc, $iOpt)
   
   If $sSrcMod = 1 Then
      SetError(1)
      Return 0
   EndIf

;my first thought was that if I added all the elements of each array, the older file would have a smaller number
;yeah, I'm short on caffeen.
   if ($sSrcMod[0] + $sSrcMod[1] + $sSrcMod[2] + $sSrcMod[3] + $sSrcMod[4] + $sSrcMod[5]) > _
      ($sTrgtMod[0] + $sTrgtMod[1] + $sTrgtMod[2] + $sTrgtMod[3] + $sTrgtMod[4] + $sTrgtMod[5]) _
      Or FileExists($sTrgt) = 0 Then
      $iCopyTest = FileCopy($sSrc, $sTrgt, 1)
      
      If $iCopyTest = 0 Then
         SetError(2)
         Return 0
      Else
         Return 1
      EndIf
   Else
      SetError(-1)
      Return 1
   EndIf
   
EndFunc  ;==>_FileCopyNewer

[ZeDMIN]

Hiya,

i dont know if this will work and if yes, how fast it will be, but you could try:

$newer = 0
For $I = 0 To 5
  If $sSrcMod[$I]>$sTrgtMod[$I] Then
    $newer = 1
    ExitLoop
  EndIf
  If $sSrcMod[$I]<$sTrgtMod[$I] Then ExitLoop
Next

If $newer is 1 then source is newer, if $newer is 0 then it is same date or older as target.

Greetings,

ZeD

[Jos]

the goal is to kinda do like xcopy's /D option

only problem, can't decide the best way to compare dates.  here's what I have and it works fine aside from the part where it compares the dates.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Don't use + but concatenate it with & ... that should work:

if ($sSrcMod[0] & $sSrcMod[1] & $sSrcMod[2] & $sSrcMod[3] & $sSrcMod[4] & $sSrcMod[5]) > _
     ($sTrgtMod[0] & $sTrgtMod[1] & $sTrgtMod[2] & $sTrgtMod[3] & $sTrgtMod[4] & $sTrgtMod[5]) _
     Or FileExists($sTrgt) = 0 Then

[emmanuel]

@zedmin: thanks... saw JdeB's first...

Don't use + but concatenate it with & ... that should work:

if ($sSrcMod[0] & $sSrcMod[1] & $sSrcMod[2] & $sSrcMod[3] & $sSrcMod[4] & $sSrcMod[5]) > _
     ($sTrgtMod[0] & $sTrgtMod[1] & $sTrgtMod[2] & $sTrgtMod[3] & $sTrgtMod[4] & $sTrgtMod[5]) _
     Or FileExists($sTrgt) = 0 Then

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

@JdeB: great, that works, at least to my limited testing... (one filecopy ) I'll go post it in scripts and scraps... How does one submit something to be included in the includes?

[Jos]

@zedmin: thanks...  saw JdeB's first...

@JdeB: great, that works, at least to my limited testing...  (one filecopy ) I'll go post it in scripts and scraps... How does one submit something to be included in the includes?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Jeremy is compiling the UDF's or was at least till a few months ago.....

just check the helpfile

[Jos]

Hiya,

i dont know if this will work and if yes, how fast it will be, but you could try:

$newer = 0
For $I = 0 To 5
  If $sSrcMod[$I]>$sTrgtMod[$I] Then
    $newer = 1
    ExitLoop
  EndIf
  If $sSrcMod[$I]<$sTrgtMod[$I] Then ExitLoop
Next

If $newer is 1 then source is newer, if $newer is 0 then it is same date or older as target.

Greetings,

ZeD

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

ZeD,

this isn't going to work because.... take this as an example:

2004/09/17 15:00:00 target file

2004/08/17 17:00:00 source file

With your script the target hour value would be smaller thus qualify for copying...