FileCopy

[Grof]

In the executable folder are two subfolder, 1 and 2.

1 contain some stuff, 2 is empty.

I have written:

 

Local $PORTABLEDIR1 = "1"
Local $PORTABLEDIR2 = "2"

FileCopy($PORTABLEDIR1 & "\*.*", $PORTABLEDIR2)

 

Not works (does't copy).

I have tryed also

 

Local $PORTABLEDIR1 =  @HomePath & "\1"

Local $PORTABLEDIR2 =  @HomePath & "\2"

 

Where is the mismatch?

Edited June 27, 2019 by Grof

[Grof]

Sorry.

 

I have found the solution.

 

Why if I have a folder in exe path, I cannot use @HomePath to refeer it?

Edited June 27, 2019 by Grof

[Sidley]

Why not use DirCopy? @ScriptDir will refer to the directory the script is called from.

Edited June 27, 2019 by Sidley
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[TheXman]

21 minutes ago, Grof said:

Why if I have a folder in exe path, I cannot use @HomePath to refeer it?

The short answer is because it would be the wrong macro.  A longer answer is because @HomePath resolves to the same location as the %HOMEPATH% environment variable.  So unless your script/exe is in the %HOMEPATH% folder, using that macro is WRONG.  If you would have spent a little more time in the Help file as others have suggested, you may have come across another macro named @ScriptDir which, as it is named, refers to the folder in which the script/exe is running. 

[Skysnake]

@TheXman is right. 

Check out the differences between

@scriptdir
@workingdir

And the Macro Reference in the Help File

[Grof]

"Why not use DirCopy? ".

I'm translating a NSIS algorithm, and because I'm learning, I'm trying to be closest to the original.

 

" If you would have spent a little more time in the Help file".

I have spent many time in the help file, but many things I haven't understood, many I' have forgotten, and don't forget I'm here only from 48 hours!

 

Anyway I've translated ALL the code except the registry routine.

Few minutes and I'll begin to write post about it! (And this wil be very hard, so get ready!!!).

[Skysnake]

DirCopy is a command. It tells AutoIt to do something. @WorkingDir is a macro, a shortcut to tell AutoIt where to get the folder

These are not opposites, they are complementary.

; DirCopy ( "source dir", "dest dir" [, flag = 0] )
Consolewrite("@scriptdir "& @scriptdir&@CRLF)
Consolewrite("@workingdir "& @workingdir&@CRLF)
DirCopy(@scriptdir &"\*", @workingdir, 0)
; note that if the two macros have the same value, then nothing will happen :)

 

[Grof]

Thanks. Work fine.