From the dictionary: The rename command can be used to change a file's or folder's location only if the old and new locations are both on the same volume.
Phil Davis On 7/12/16 5:23 PM, Roger Eller wrote:
I thought the rename command allows for a different destination. Therefore, rename is actually "copy as new name" when the volumes or drive letters differ. ~Roger On Jul 11, 2016 11:19 PM, "Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami" <bra...@hindu.org> wrote:What alternatives do we have for basic shell commands on Windows? Rumors are out that later this year, Windows will support bash.. and perhaps then Livecode's shell calls to unix/bash commands will be cross platform-- like the one (cp) in this script below. But until then, can anyone provide an alternative that works on Windows? RevCopyFile (which works on Windows) doesn't offer the option to copy to a different filename… I suppose I can copy the file and then rename the copy at the new destination, using "rename" which is simple enough. But I was wondering if there are any native windows alternatives to unix "cp" that writes the same file to another file with a different name in "one go." on backupStack save the topstack # get a time stamp put the internet date into tDateTime convert tDateTime to dateitems delete the last item of tDateTime if item 4 of tDateTime > 12 then subtract 12 from item 4 of tDateTime put "pm" into the last item of tDateTime end if replace comma with "-" in tDateTime # get the path of the stack # set up the copy put the effective filename of the topstack into tCurrentPath put tCurrentPath into tCopyPath set the itemdel to "/" # always back up to one level above current working folder delete item -4 to -2 of tCopyPath put "/zArchives" after item -2 of tCopyPath # put tCopyPath; exit to top; replace ".livecode" with ("_" & tDateTime & ".bac") in tCopyPath put ("cp " & quote & tCurrentPath & quote &" "& quote & tCopyPath & quote) into tShell get shell(tShell) # auto fire every half hour send backupStack to me in 1800 seconds end backupStack _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode_______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
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