CopyFile (from the French Team)

[scottw]

I am using copyfile and it works fine but how can I make it overwrite a file that already exists. It works fine for copying to a destination that does not have that same filename but I want to use it to update a file that already exeists.

Any way???

[scottw]

Bump, anyone???

[dgemily]

you need to modify the script, but I'm not able to do it... sorry.... maybe someone else ....?

[scottw]

Thanks dgemily. I would do it but I can't quite understand where, I tried a few things but none of them work.

Can anyone else help???

Here is the script :http://www.france.xlobby.com/forum/ptrinchi/Scripts/CopyFile.zip

[cmhardwick]

Looking at the script, the actual copy occurs in this section
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' ****** Copy the file **************************
if (OK = True)
If (Folder.ToLower() = "folder") Then
FolderName = Dest & System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(fichiers(compteur)) & "\"
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(FolderName)
End If
If (Folder.ToLower() = "date") Then
FolderName = Dest & System.DateTime.Now.Year.ToString() & "-" & System.DateTime.Now.Month.ToString() & "-" & System.DateTime.Now.Day.ToString() & "\"
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(FolderName)
end if
System.IO.File.Copy(fichiers(compteur), FolderName & System.IO.Path.GetFileName(fichiers(compteur)))
NbCopie = NbCopie + 1
end if
Next
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Now, in DOS, you can use the switch /y at the end of the copy command to force an overwrite. Not sure if this will work here, but you might try this ....

Replace the System.IO.File.Copy, etc with this
System.IO.File.Copy(fichiers(compteur), FolderName & System.IO.Path.GetFileName(fichiers(compteur))" /y")

You might have to play with the quotes, etc.

I don't have any way of testing, and not sure if this script will actually use the same parameters as the actual DOS copy command, but worth a shot.

[scottw]

Thanks alot.
I will try and let you know!!!!

[cmhardwick]

Be warned, this will ALWAYS overwrite, so be carefull with your parameters.

This would be great for something that's being discussed in another thread (changing the splash screen for TheaterTek to show the cover of the movie being started)

[m_ski]

Taken from MSDN... http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9706cfs5.aspx

.NET Framework Class Library
File.Copy Method (String, String, Boolean)
Copies an existing file to a new file. Overwriting a file of the same name is allowed.

Parameters
sourceFileName
The file to copy.

destFileName
The name of the destination file. This cannot be a directory.

overwrite
true if the destination file can be overwritten; otherwise, false.

So you will need to use...

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System.IO.File.Copy(fichiers(compteur), FolderName & System.IO.Path.GetFileName(fichiers(compteur)), true)


The warning from cmhardwick still applies - It will ALWAYS overwrite.

[scottw]

Thanks so much guys!!!!

The , true worked fine.

The overwriting is not a problem, that's what I need it to do. I have my Ant movie DB located on my web server (a different machine) that I can FTP the most recent file to from anywhere. Then I just copy the file from the WebServer to my Xlobby machine so the most recent copy will always be on the webserver, so overwriting is what I want.


Thanks again everyone for your help!!!