Hi,
Following command works fine.
use File::Copy::Recursive qw(dircopy);
dircopy($source, $target);
Thanks for all your help.
Regards
Irfan Sayed
"JupiterHost.Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
04/07/2006 12:05 AM
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Re: windows command help
Chas Owens wrote:
> On 4/6/06, Irfan J Sayed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>I need to run the windows copy command from command prompt to copy
several
>>folders and files in specific folder to another folder
>>
>>I am running following command
>>
>>C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>copy D:\vobs d:
>>D:\vobs\*
>>The system cannot find the file specified.
>> 0 file(s) copied.
>>
>>C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>
>>
>>plz let me know what is the wrong
>>
>>Regards
>>Irfan Sayed
>
>
> Assuming that you need to do this inside a Perl program, you might
> consider using File::Xcopy.
>
> use File::Xcopy;
>
> syscopy("D:/vobs", "D:");
Or better yet:
use File::Copy::Recursive qw(dircopy);
dircopy($source, $target);
Then you don't have to rely on how windows decides to do a copy, which
appears to be the problem, plus it's 100% portable...
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