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revCopyFolder "\\server\programpath\programfolder", "C:/Programfolder"

works great if "C:/Programfolder" doesnt exist

if it does exist then it still works but it puts the copied folders here:

"C:/ProgramFolder/server/programpath/programfolder/"

Help?

What happens when you use a full path for the source folder as you do for the destination folder?

Im not sure I understand what you mean, as far as I know that is the full path to the files to be copied.

Run this in the message box, selecting the source folder when prompted, and post the result here:

//10.0.15.2/qc/Metals Fab tracker


The files to be copied are on a server, are you asking me to map a network drive? if no I can use this

N:/Metals Fab tracker

do you think the / vs. \ is making the difference? im going to try it

OK, so im not sure what fixed it. I changed all the \ to /

Also I changed the destination path 1 step back.


revCopyFolder "//server/programpath/programfolder", "C:/"

this works perfect every time.

Example from the dictionary:
revCopyFolder "E:/Settings","C:/Program Files/My App/Settings"

Example from the dictionary:
revCopyFolder "E:/Settings","C:/Program Files/My App/Settings"

Thats where I started, from my testing the dictionary is either wrong all together or partially wrong when dealing with network locations in a windows environment or the 30+ computers I have at my office are special

This is what works:

revCopyFolder "//ServerLocalIPaddress/Settings","C:/Program Files/My App"

I never tested this:

revCopyFolder "//ServerName/Settings","C:/Program Files/My App"

DavJans wrote:revCopyFolder "\\server\programpath\programfolder", "C:/Programfolder"

DavJans wrote:OK, so im not sure what fixed it. I changed all the \ to /

I believe in Lc "/" is the default path character to use, for instance in the dictionary entry:

Examples:
revCopyFolder "E:/Settings","C:/Program Files/My App/Settings"
revCopyFolder "data","backups" <- unless specifying folders in the default folder location...

The only other pertinent (although not used in your case) warning was not to use the tilde ~

Note: On Linux and OS X systems, folder paths can contain the tilde (~) character, referring to the current user's home directory. Using these chars is not supported by revCopyFolder, and it is necessary to replace the tilde with its literal value (eg /home/userName)

However, that isn't to say that this was the only or even a major problem, as you pointed out earlier, if the folder was non-existent, it copied it there by creating it. Other factors appear to have been involved.

revCopyFolder uses shell (that is on Win: via cmd.exe under NT and else via cmd.com):

• winSourcePath and winDestPath are original windows pathes (using "\")
• IF the systemVersion is "NT 6.0" it uses

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  -- for options see https://ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html
  get shell("robocopy" && winSourcePath && winDestPath && "/E /NFL /NDL /NS /NC /NJH /NJS")

• ELSE it uses

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  -- for options see https://ss64.com/nt/xcopy.html
  get shell ("xcopy /I /E /Y /R" && winSourcePath && winDestPath)

So you could use one of the shell commands directly and change the options to your needs.

from http://livecode.wikia.com/wiki/RevCopyFolder

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It doesn't work on mobile devices.

On mobile device use this code:

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on copyFolder sFolder, dFolder  #source folder, destination folder
  if char 1 of sFolder is not "/" then
     put the   defaultFolder &"/"& sFolder into sFolder
  end if
  if char 1 of dFolder is not "/" then
     put the  defaultFolder &"/"& dFolder into dFolder
  end if   
  set itemdel to "/"
  put the last item of sFolder into folderName
  create folder dFolder   
  put (dFolder   &"/"& folderName & "/") into dFolder
  create folder dFolder   
  set the defaultFolder to sFolder      
  put the files into FileList
  repeat for each line tLine in FileList
     put URL ("binfile:" & sFolder &"/"& tLine) into URL ("file:" & dFolder &"/"& tLine )
  end repeat
  put the folders into FolderList
  filter FolderList without "."
  filter FolderList without ".."   
  repeat for each line tLine in Folderlist 
     copyFolder tLine, (dFolder)
  end repeat  
end copyFolder