I don´t want to sound like a know-it-all, but revcopyfile also uses just the
shell to copy the files:
replace "\" with "/" in pDestFile
replace "\" with "/" in pSrcFile
if there is a directory pDestFile then
set the itemDel to "/"
if char -1 of pDestFile is "/" then
delete char -1 of pDestFile
end if
local tDestFileName
put item -1 of pSrcFile into tDestFileName
set the itemDel to comma
put "/" & tDestFileName after pDestFile
end if
get shell ("copy" && revWindowsFromUnixPath(quote&pSrcFile"e) &&
revWindowsFromUnixPath(quote&pDestFile"e))
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> Am 21.06.2017 um 15:57 schrieb Roger Eller via use-livecode
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>:
>
> You could also try the revCopyFile and revCopyFolder commands. I normally
> only use the URL syntax to save new data I've created in a variable to a
> file. When copying existing files/folders I either use "get shell" to call
> native commands, or the built-in revCopyFile.
>
> ~Roger
>
> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 9:40 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>
>> Let me be clearer. I think the message could be better (or perhaps the
>> dictionary could list the error messages and explain them), because even
>> though we use the "open" command in LC to read from a file or create a
>> file, the lack of the need for a "create file" command in LCS doesn't
>> remove that thing in my intuition that says "well, the only file that needs
>> to be opened is the one that exists, already, so the problem must be on
>> that side".
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Matthias Rebbe via use-livecode <
>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>> to write to a file, even if it is copied, it has to be opened first.
>>>
>>> Did you try to remove the 2 slashes in the to path also?
>>>
>>>
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>>>> Am 21.06.2017 um 14:31 schrieb Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>> <mailto:[email protected]
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>>:
>>>>
>>>> also what is confusing is when I removed the // from the FROM file but
>>> left
>>>> it in for the TO file, I get the same error, "can't open file", which
>> to
>>> me
>>>> implies that the file that exists can't be read, not that the TO path
>> is
>>>> wrong.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:37 AM, Roger Eller via use-livecode <
>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Without meaning to add more confusion, a Windows UNC path from a
>> server
>>> to
>>>>> a file does work with the form
>>>>> "binfile://servername/folder/folder/filename.txt
>>>>> <binfile://servername/folder/folder/filename.txt>
>>> <binfile://servername/folder/folder/filename.txt
>>> <binfile://servername/folder/folder/filename.txt>>", while local access
>> (or
>>>>> mapped drives) are like "binfile:C:/folder/folder/filename.txt".
>>>>>
>>>>> ~Roger
>>>>>
>>>>> On Jun 21, 2017 2:07 AM, "Mark Waddingham via use-livecode" <
>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> As others have pointed out, for binfile and file urls you shouldn't
>>>>>> include the standard '//' in front of the (absolute) path. These are
>>> not
>>>>>> parsed by the engine as standard urls - everything after the : is
>>> parsed
>>>>> as
>>>>>> the filename.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On an unrelated not you don't need to twiddle with the defaultfolder
>> as
>>>>>> files() and folders() now take an optional argument for the path :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 21 Jun 2017, at 03:37, Mark Wieder via use-livecode <
>>>>>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]
>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>
>>>>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 06/20/2017 07:19 PM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode wrote:
>>>>>>>> I'm not on a mac a lot :-(
>>>>>>>> So is "binfile:" more universal, or do I have to check the
>> platform,
>>>>>>>> first? What is the technique on linux?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> As far as I can remember, the "//" has never been recommended or
>>>>>> approved for file or binfile. I'm surprised it gets parsed properly
>> for
>>>>>> OSX. You don't need or want it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
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