If you want to copy all files *and* subdirectories, I'd recommend using
"xcopy" instead. I haven't had any problems with it.
Paul O.
>>> "DeAngelo Lampkin" 04/19/02 10:01 AM >>>
> I'm having serious issues making even simple DOS system calls.
>
> For example, one system call I want to execute is a function to copy all
the contents (files and subdirectories) of one directory to a second
directory. Even that won't execute correctly. I've tried the following
variations:
>
> (1)`copy c:\\foo\\directory1 c:\\foo\\directory2`; #Normal backticks
operation. "#?" tells me it's getting a bad file descriptor
>
> (2)system("copy","c:\\foo\\directory1", "c:\\foo\\directory2"); #just in
case backslashes are interpolated
>
> (3)system("copy","c:\foo\directory1", "c:\foo\directory2"); #just in case
backslashes aren't interpolated...yeah, I'm *that* desperate. :)
>
> (4)system("copy","c:\foo\directory1 c:\foo\directory2"); # I Even saw this
variant in one mailing list archive
>
> Also, is there a way to to grab the string that's actually being sent to
the system (as opposed to what I *think* is being sent to the system)?
>
> Hopefully the problem is something really obvious and if it is, I'll bang
my forehead against the computer 50 times for wasting your valuable time.
>
> Thank you for your help (and patience)!
>
> DeAngelo Lampkin
>
>
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