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Copy File() - network dest doesn't work

djhanson — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 22:10:03 GMT

Any reason why the below example won't work? I get zero for the return, which means the file didn't copy and I can see that it didn't copy. I can manually copy it fine via Windows 10.

Question: does JSL File Copy() not like UNC (I think) network destinations perhaps?

Copy File(
    "\\mywork1.work.com\folder1\source\test1.csv",
    "\\mywork2.work.com\folder2\dest\test1.csv"
);

File Copy() seems to work fine elsewhere, even if the source is a UNC network path.

Re: Copy File() - network dest doesn't work

djhanson — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 21:02:08 GMT

* meant Copy File() here

Re: Copy File() - network dest doesn't work

djhanson — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 12:02:23 GMT

Ok, I just discovered the fix. In order to copy to a network dest (UNC), you must first delete the dest file if it already exists.

Delete File( "\\mywork2.work.com\folder2\dest\test1.csv" );

Copy File(
    "\\mywork1.work.com\folder1\source\test1.csv",
    "\\mywork2.work.com\folder2\dest\test1.csv"
);

If you don't first delete out any existing file, presumably as it has to overwrite it, it will not execute the copy. I don't know if it's possible in the future to put a switch or variable in the Copy File() like overwrite ("Y" or "N"). That would make this a little more obvious probably.