Copying an open file

[RexJacobus]

At the moment my users copy a bunch of files down onto their hard drives and then zip them up. They want me to automate this. The problem is that FileCopy won't copy an open file and they want to be able to do this during working hours. Any suggestions on how to get around this?

jim

 

[paulbent]

Filecopy normally copies an open file but maybe not if another app has opened it for exclusive access. What error msg & number do you get?

Does the DOS Copy command work on those files. If so you could shell a batch file or shell xcopy with a command line parameter.

Paul Bent
Northwind IT Systems

http://www.northwindit.co.uk