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Is there a way to copy a file that has a comma "," in the file name.

With COPY FILE &cSource TO &cDest I get a DOS Error 123.

I cannot control the original filename so I have to somehow work with the "," in the filename.

I will also need to be able to delete this file without generating an error.

You might try
COPY FILE (cSource) TO (cDest)
or maybe
filecopy( cSource, cDest )

Hi Gale,

Same error

I wonder if the error is in source or destination definition. Can you change the destination name to one without comma?
COPY FILE (cSource) TO ('test.tst')
If it can copy to normal filename without error then you might have a work around.
Maybe filemove( cSource, 'test.tst' )

Jeff, I don't have xharbour available to test with but the following code works in harbour.

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procedure main()

   local cSource := "te,st.prg"
   local cTarget := cSource + ".bak"

   if FileCopy( cSource, cTarget ) != 0
      ? "Copy okay"
   else
      ? "Copy failed."
   endif

   return
 

Robb

Thanks Robb ... unfortunately with xharbour I get "Copy Failed"

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static cTarget := "c:\Five"

function CopyFiles()

   cTarget = AllTrim( cTarget )

   if ! File( cTarget )
      lMkDir( cTarget )
   endif

   LZCopyFile( "d:\Five\Five.lib", cTarget + "Five.lib" )

return nil
 



Jeff

I know with Sql you can put things in brackets .. perhaps

Copy file ( "[Some,File]" ) to ( "[ Some,Where ]" ) .. untested .. just a shot in the dark.

Rick Lipkin

Jeff Barnes wrote:Is there a way to copy a file that has a comma "," in the file name.

With COPY FILE &cSource TO &cDest I get a DOS Error 123.

I cannot control the original filename so I have to somehow work with the "," in the filename.

I will also need to be able to delete this file without generating an error.

This FWH function works with both xHarbour and Harbour

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? CopyFile( cSourceFile, cDestFile, 0 )

Thanks everyone. I got it working