Copy File API

[DanH]

Struggling with this.

Here's the API

File.copy(var target)

Here's my code

LicenseFile.copy(FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.AppData));

No errors but not copied file either. Any ideas?

[d.healey]

@DanH Are you sure that LicenseFile exists? I haven't checked but it could be that the target has to be a file not a directory:

LicenseFile.copy(FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.AppData).getChildFile("MyLicense.txt"));

[DanH]

@d-healey aha that was it, thanks!

[d.healey]

@DanH said in Copy File API:

@d-healey aha that was it, thanks!

What was?

[Christoph Hart]

@d-healey If you copy a file somewhere you must ensure that the parent directory exists or the copy action will fail (because it will never implicitly create directories).

[DanH]

@d-healey it needed to be written / copied to a file, not a directory :)

[Dan Korneff]

Does copy() only work for specific types of files? I'm trying to copy image files, but it's not working:

const var sourceFile = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Desktop).getChildFile("OldImage.jpg");
sourceFile.copy(FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Downloads).getChildFile("NewImage.jpg"));

but it works with text:

const var sourceFile = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Desktop).getChildFile("OldText.txt");
sourceFile.copy(FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Downloads).getChildFile("NewText.txt"));

If so, how can I copy images to new locations?

[d.healey]

@Dan-Korneff I just tested and this works for me

const source = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.UserHome).getChildFile("original.png");
const target = FileSystem.getFolder(FileSystem.Desktop).getChildFile("test.png");

source.copy(target);

[Dan Korneff]

@d-healey Thanks for testing! It looks like pilot error. It WAS copying the files... with the original attributes. When I sorted my file browser by date, I was expecting to see the new file at the top.

[d.healey]

@Dan-Korneff said in Copy File API:

When I sorted my file browser by date, I was expecting to see the new file at the top.

I'm guessing you're on a Mac?

[Dan Korneff]

@d-healey PC

[d.healey]

@Dan-Korneff Oooh I thought it would give fresh meta data on Windows, interesting!

[Lindon]

@d-healey said in Copy File API:

@Dan-Korneff Oooh I thought it would give fresh meta data on Windows, interesting!

create dates would be the same I think - date modified should be different on Windows