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[dmonckton]

Hi

Can anyone tell me why this does not work?

list create,1
run cmd /c xcopy @chr(34)c:\documents and settings\dmonckt\my documents\my pictures\*.*@chr(34) h:\atest /s,WAIT,PIPE
%p = @pipe()
list assign,1,%p

The XCOPY works fine but not the piping part?

Thanks

David.M

[JerryDee]

Hi David,

I think the xcopy command doesn't produce any "standard output", so that the value for the PIPE parameter is unrecognized.

[dmonckton]

I thought what you see in the console screen is the standard output! If it is then there is loads of it scrolling up the screen. I might have to experiment with the XCOPY switches to see what happens.

Thanks

David.M

[JerryDee]

Hi David,

you can try this:

...
run cmd /c xcopy @chr(34)c:\documents and settings\dmonckt\my documents\my pictures\*.*@chr(34) h:\atest /s,WAIT 10,PIPE
...

[Aslan]

Hi dmonckton

Don't use WAIT with PIPE. The PIPE option will halt your script until the command is finished.

Try this:

[JerryDee]

That is why I advised to add (e.g.) "10" like a parameter for the WAIT

[dmonckton]

Ok Jerry you were right XCOPY does not produce any output if you
run it from the commandline. If you run it from the console it does!

Thanks

David...

[vdsalchemist]

Why are you using xcopy anyway? The VDS File command can copy files.

[dmonckton]

The reason for using XCOPY is.....

When I copy the source I want the original path copied aswell. VDS file copy fails if the target path does not exist already where as XCOPY creates the target path on the fly.

Thanks

David.M

[Aslan]

You can always have VDS create the target path before initiating the copy process.