Subj : Re: Copying Files
To   : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp
From : Georges <georges.ware@radiolink.net>
Date : Thu Jul 10 2003 03:43 pm

Many thanks to all for that.  Yes, I tried the findfirst...  
open|read|close open|write|close
and it works fine!

Georges

Arjan wrote:

> When you are on Win32 I would prefer a Win3API call like
>
> BOOL CopyFile(
>   LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName, // name of an existing file
>   LPCTSTR lpNewFileName,      // name of new file
>   BOOL bFailIfExists          // operation if file exists
> );
>
> or the variant
>
> BOOL CopyFileEx(
>   LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName,           // name of existing file
>   LPCTSTR lpNewFileName,                // name of new file
>   LPPROGRESS_ROUTINE lpProgressRoutine, // callback function
>   LPVOID lpData,                        // callback parameter
>   LPBOOL pbCancel,                      // cancel status
>   DWORD dwCopyFlags                     // copy options
> );
>
>
> and for moving:
>
> BOOL MoveFile(
>   LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName, // file name
>   LPCTSTR lpNewFileName       // new file name
> );
>
> or the variant:
>
> BOOL MoveFileEx(
>   LPCTSTR lpExistingFileName,  // file name
>   LPCTSTR lpNewFileName,       // new file name
>   DWORD dwFlags                // move options
> );
>
> Consult thw msdn online for more info.
>
> Georges wrote:
>
>> The only way I know of copying files from one directory to another in 
>> C or C++
>> is to use the system command eg:
>>
>> system("xcopy C:\\THISDIR\\*.DAT  C:\\THATDIR\\");
>>
>> which is not very elegant as it displays a DOS window.
>>
>> Is there any other C/C++ function that would to the same job ?
>>
>> Georges
>>
>

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