CopyFile() Programming Software Development by vbx_wx Hi all,i am using function COpyFile() to copy a file to windows directory,but the function …[MAX_PATH]; GetModuleFileName(NULL , reg ,MAX_PATH); GetWindowsDirectory(win_path , MAX_PATH); bool x = CopyFile(reg , win_path , true); if(!x) cout << GetLastError() <… Copyfile in c Programming Software Development by libathos … in a directory and copies it to another directory through copyfile...the problem is that while the .bat file is created… i try it with .txt files..so i wonder if copyfile is used only for .exe files...and if so how… Re: Copyfile in c Programming Software Development by Ancient Dragon win32 api function CopyFile() can be used with any file type. Post your code so that we can see what you did wrong. When CopyFile() returns zero value, get the error number from GetLastError(). Then call FormatMessage() to get the error message text. Re: Copyfile in c Programming Software Development by libathos ….bat","w"); fputs("dir",p); CopyFile("C:\\doc\\res.bat","C:\\new.bat… Re: Copyfile in c Programming Software Development by Adak You opened the file for writing. I'm guessing it should be closed before you call CopyFile. Adding code tags (click on the [CODE] icon at the top of your editing window), improves your code's readability, greatly. CopyFile() & Tree View Problems Programming Software Development by jglochhead …); var getname : String; begin getname := concat('databases\',Edit1.Text,'.dbf'); CopyFile('races2.dbf',getname,true); end; [/code] 2) Secondly I would… Re: CopyFile() Programming Software Development by Ancient Dragon Could be one (or both) of two problems: 1) The destination can not be just the path, but the path + filename. The destination filename may be the same as the source filename or something else if you want to rename it. 2) You may not have permissions to write into the destination path. Re: CopyFile() Programming Software Development by vbx_wx yes,it was the first one :) thanx ,i missunderstood the function :P Using CopyFile() in win32 api Programming Software Development by jan1024188 I dont know how to use CopyFile() function in my "program" Can you help me? […; #include <windows.h> using namespace std; int main() { CopyFile(`C:\\start.exe` `C:\\Program Files\\banana`); system("color… Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api Programming Software Development by John A Here's the article on CopyFile in the MSDN library: [URL]http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-…/aa363851.aspx[/URL] Your code here has several problems: [code] CopyFile(`C:\\start.exe` `C:\\Program Files\\banana`);[/code] First of… using WIN32 API "CopyFile" Programming Software Development by kleinsun Dear all, I am trying to use WIN32 API "CopyFile" to copy a file from a remote machine to local. [code=C++] bRet = CopyFile(src, dest, false); [/code] "dest" is defined as [code=C++] dest = "\\\\desk\\data\\1.txt"; [/code] But this operation always fails. Could anybody give me a little hint? Thanks! Re: using WIN32 API "CopyFile" Programming Software Development by kleinsun … code will work. dest = "Y:\\1.txt"; bRet = CopyFile(src, dest, false); [QUOTE=Ancient Dragon;816735]This worked for…;; string dest = "\\\\VICTOR\\SharedDocs\\test.txt"; BOOL rval = CopyFile(src.c_str(), dest.c_str(), FALSE); cout << rval <… Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api Programming Software Development by jan1024188 um...could you correct code [CODE] CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana");[/CODE] Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api Programming Software Development by Ancient Dragon [QUOTE=jan1024188;301333]um...could you correct code [CODE] CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana");[/CODE][/QUOTE] you can correct it yourself -- read the joe's post and MSDN. [b]Pay attention[/b] to the third required parameter:!: Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api Programming Software Development by jan1024188 [code] CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe", "f");[/code] is this ok? Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api Programming Software Development by Ancient Dragon [QUOTE=jan1024188;301347][code] CopyFile("C:\\start.exe", "C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe", "f");[/code] is this ok?[/QUOTE] No. Did you read about that 3d parameter in the link Joe posted? If not, stop guessing and read it. Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api Programming Software Development by jan1024188 [code] CopyFile(´C:\\start.exe´, ´C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe´, [I]´[/I][I]bFailIfExists[/I]´);[/code] is this ok? Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api Programming Software Development by jan1024188 [code] CopyFile(´C:\\start.exe´, ´C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe´, [I]FALSE[/I]);[/code] What about this? Re: Using CopyFile() in win32 api Programming Software Development by Ancient Dragon [QUOTE=jan1024188;301410][code] CopyFile(´C:\\start.exe´, ´C:\\Program Files\\banana.exe´, [I]FALSE[/I]);[/code] What about this?[/QUOTE] what does your compiler say about it? Does it produce a warning or erro message? Re: using WIN32 API "CopyFile" Programming Software Development by Ancient Dragon …;; string dest = "\\\\VICTOR\\SharedDocs\\test.txt"; BOOL rval = CopyFile(src.c_str(), dest.c_str(), FALSE); cout << rval <… do CopyFile() DeletFile() function throw exception? Programming Software Development by dev565 I use in my code (c++) CopyFile and DeleteFIle do these fumctions throw exceptions? do I need to surround them with try and catch?:) Re: Copyfile in c Programming Software Development by libathos omg such a stupid mistake thaks for ur time though :) Re: CopyFile() & Tree View Problems Programming Software Development by jglochhead Never mind found it out by myself. I needed to use PChar() on the String and do a TreeView1.Selected.Text; Copyfile between two server Programming Software Development by Prakash_8111 Hey guys, How I will come to know my perl script for copying files (generally very big sized file 1000 gb ) between two server successed or interupted ? How I will get the error status of the scp commmand I used for copying file ? Thanks in advance Re: Copyfile between two server Programming Software Development by mitchems What protocol are you using to copy the files? I like lwp-download.pl which can be used to copy a file via HTTP. Re: Copyfile between two server Programming Software Development by Prakash_8111 I am trying to use rsync tool of linux ???? I am trying to develop a script by using this script ??? any help ... Re: Copyfile between two server Programming Software Development by KevinADC Maybe: [url]http://search.cpan.org/~leakin/File-Rsync-0.42/Rsync.pm[/url] search CPAN for rsync Re: Copyfile between two server Programming Software Development by mitchems Thanks Kevin! I was gonna post the same thing! CopyFile under Windows 2008 Server Programming Software Development by xan-ti When under Windows 2008 Server with my C++-program (with a cicle) many directory are copiing, then the memory is increasing and remain at a high level. Waht can I do? CopyFile under Windows 2008 Server Hardware and Software Microsoft Windows by xan-ti When under Windows 2008 Server with my C++-program (with a cicle) many directory are copiing, then the memory is increasing and remain at a high level. Waht can I do?