I will investigate further, but as I understand: Robocopy is an EXTERNAL dos command, and as such is not (or may not) be installed on some/all Windows systems.
xCopy is part of command.com, and as such exists on all windows systems (at least all that would be in use today). Chip On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 15:50:39 -0600, Kenneth Geiger via 4D_Tech wrote: > Have you tried ROBOCOPY instead of XCOPY? > >> On Apr 11, 2018, at 1:38 PM, Chip Scheide via 4D_Tech >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think the problem is in escaping the file path. >> I'm trying to get xCopy to work. >> >> I have tried a variety of variations, none of which want to work. >> That is why I would like to see what it is that LEP is handing off to >> the OS >> >> >> On Wed, 11 Apr 2018 19:31:34 +0000, Timothy Penner wrote: >>> Hi Chip, >>> >>> I agree with Tim Nevels' approach. It’s very solid. >>> >>> Another thing to add, is that sometimes you may need to call the >>> actual cmd.exe and feed your command into that, as described in this >>> tech tip: >>> http://kb.4d.com/assetid=76658 >>> >>> On windows that would be like this: >>> >>> $theRestOftheCommand:="cp thisFile here" >>> $command_t:="cmd.exe /C "+$theRestOftheCommand >>> LAUNCH EXTERNAL PROCESS($command_t) >>> >>> Regarding this: >>>> I have done the set text to pasteboard thing, and I have pasted into >>>> a .bet file -- it works. >>> >>> Pasting it into a batch (I assume you meant .bat file) is not the >>> same as running it in the Command Interpreter; for example, a batch >>> file lets you execute multiple lines as a batch, while the Command >>> Interpreter (and 4D's LEP) only lets you execute one line at a time. >>> >>> Also, if the .bat file works, then you could always try executing the >>> .bat file from 4D using LEP. >>> >>> -Tim >>> >>> >>> >>> Timothy Penner >>> Senior Technical Services Engineer >>> >>> 4D Inc >>> 95 S. Market Street, Suite #240 >>> San Jose,CA 95113 >>> United States >>> >>> Telephone: +1-408-557-4600 >>> Fax: +1-408-271-5080 >>> Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Web: www.4D.com <http://www.4d.com/> >>> >> --------------- >> Gas is for washing parts >> Alcohol is for drinkin' >> Nitromethane is for racing >> ********************************************************************** >> 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) >> FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html <http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html> >> Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html >> <http://lists.4d.com/archives.html> >> Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech >> <https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech> >> Unsub: mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> ********************************************************************** > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:[email protected] > ********************************************************************** --------------- Gas is for washing parts Alcohol is for drinkin' Nitromethane is for racing ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
