Copying multiple files like *.* 1

[bazcurtis]

Hi,

I am running PERL on Windows 2000.

I am trying to copy every file from one folder to another. I am using - use file::copy

It works fine if I hard code a single file in the first parameter, but if I try to use *.* or one of the many other variations I have tried it won't work.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Any help would be much appreciated. I am new to PERL and I have to say I love it.

Best wishes

Michael

 

[AHinMaine]

The angle brackets are filename globbing operators.

<*.txt> would grab all txt files for instance.

--
Andy

http://www.nachoz.com

 

[bazcurtis]

Hi Andy,

Thanks for your swift responce. I now have the following line and it still doesn't like it. Any idea?

chdir &quot;$ide_unzipped&quot;
copy (&quot;<*.ide>&quot;, &quot;$ide_path&quot or die &quot;can't copy files:$!&quot;;

Do I have to put in the full path for the copy or does the copy know about the chdir?


Best wishes

Michael

 

[usige]

bazcurtis,
File::Copy only allows copying from one file to another. It doesn't allow multiple copies in the same call. Use File::NCopy instead.

Hope that helps.

 

[bazcurtis]

My copy of PERL doesn't seem to like NCopy. it can't locate File/NCopy.pm

I am using ActivePerl v5.8.

I have found a NCopy package. Does this mean that this will be included in later version of PERL or will it always need to be downloaded as an extra?

Best wishes

Michael

 

[AHinMaine]

perl -MCPAN -e 'install File::NCopy'

--
Andy

http://www.nachoz.com

 

[duncdude]

As you are running Perl on a Windows 2000 machine try executing a system call

$copyfiles = `xcopy c:\existingdir\*.txt c:\newdir\`;
print qx/$copyfiles/;

Be careful - the ticks are NOT single quotation marks - they are backticks. These execute the resulting interpolated string as a system command

Should work! - please let me know how you get on

 

[usige]

Michael,
This is an add on. You should be able to install it using ppm. eg:

ppm install File::NCopy