Copy File() Doesn't Overwrite

djhanson

Just fyi, Copy File() does not appear to overwrite.  If the destination file already exists the log will show a zero instead.  There also does not appear to be any switch possible (e.g. 1 = overwrite, 0 = no overwrite).

So I'm resorting to: Delete File() then Copy File() for cases where I want it to overwrite an existing destination file.

Just passing this along in case it help others.  I do appreciate these relatively new file utilities, they come in handy for sure. DJ

msharp

confirmed:

for(i=1,i<=2,i++,

  text = "test" || char(i);

  save text file("C:\TEMP\test.txt", text);

  copy = copy file("C:\TEMP\test.txt", "C:\TEMP\test2.txt");

  print(copy);

  text2 = load text file("C:\TEMP\test.txt");

  text3 = load text file("C:\TEMP\test2.txt");

  print(text2);

  print(text3);

)

//log

1

"test1"

"test1"

0

"test2"

"test1"