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 < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> 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 < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> 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? > > > > > > Matthias Rebbe > > +49 5741 310000 > > matthiasrebbe.eu <http://matthiasrebbe.eu/> > > > > > Am 21.06.2017 um 14:31 schrieb Mike Kerner via use-livecode < > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>>: > > > > > > 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 < > > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> > > 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>", 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" < > > >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> > > 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 < > > >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com <mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > >> > > 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. 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