system("copy file.txt \s", FileName) doesnt work, any help?

[Sherak]

Hi,

Im using the system comand to copy a file to another directory however the new dir/file name is specified on runtime, I thought I coudl use the system comand in a similar way to the printf command.. but no joy, any help on this would be appriciated...

thanks

 

[2ffat]

Look at FAQ for this forum, esp. faq101-1950 through faq101-1954. I would recommend one of the ShellExecute commands or CreateProcess.

There are also API's and third-party VCL components that will work, too. These work best if you are working with multiple files since they provide the copy animation you see in Windows.

James P. Cottingham
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[butthead]

void ZipBackup (char *targetdir)
{
char *buff1 = new char [256];
char *buff2 = new char [256];

// Check for the backup directory.
if (!DirectoryExists(zipdir))
CreateDir(zipdir);

// Change to the backup directory.
chdir (zipdir);

// Create the command string for the system call to winzip.
if (FileExists ("c:\\windows\\command\\wzzip.exe"))
{
strcpy (buff1, "wzzip -rp ");
ProgressForm->RichEdit1->Lines->Add ("Run winzip command line addon");
}
// Create the command string for the system call to pkzip.
else if (FileExists ("c:\\windows\\command\\zip.exe"))
{
strcpy (buff1, "zip -r ");
ProgressForm->RichEdit1->Lines->Add ("Run PKzip Compression software");
}
else
{
ProgressForm->RichEdit1->Lines->Add ("The compression software could");
ProgressForm->RichEdit1->Lines->Add ("not be found. ");
return;
}

strcat (buff1, "00000.zip ");
strcpy (buff2, targetdir);
path_dos_check (buff2);
strcat (buff1, buff2);
strcat (buff1, "\\");
strcat (buff1, "*.*");

ProgressForm->RichEdit1->Lines->Add ("The files will now be compressed");
ProgressForm->RichEdit1->Lines->Add (buff1);

if (system(buff1) == -1)
ProgressForm->RichEdit1->Lines->Add ("An error occured while compressing the files");

delete buff1;
delete buff2;
}

this example might help

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