DirCopy On Windows 2003 Web Server

[JamesDover]

It runs but there is nothing copied we ran it just on c:\aaa to c:\bbb and it works fine. So it seems to be a rights issue which user rights does autoit use (system,user,admin,etc)? Also in theory it should copy's both folders and sub folders and then over-right everything in the destination?

Cheers

Global $source = ("c:\ftproot\test_site\aaaaaaaa\")

Global $destination = ("c:\inetpub\wwwroot\default\aaaaaaaa\")

If FileExists($source) And ($destination) Then

ProgressOn("Coping Files", "", "0 percent")

ProgressSet(0, "Backup " & $source & $destination)

Sleep(200)

ProgressSet(50)

Sleep(200)

$Copy = DirCopy($source, $destination, 1)

ProgressSet(75)

ProcessWaitClose($Copy)

ProgressSet(100, "Finished")

Sleep(200)

Else

MsgBox(262160, "Warning", "Directory Does Not Exist", 5)

EndIf

Edited August 26, 2008 by JamesDover

[PsaltyDS]

It runs but there is nothing copied we ran it just on c:\aaa to c:\bbb and it works fine. So it seems to be a rights issue which user rights does autoit use (system,user,admin,etc)? Also in theory it should copy's both folders and sub folders and then over-right everything in the destination?

Cheers

Global $source = ("c:\ftproot\test_site\aaaaaaaa\")
Global $destination = ("c:\inetpub\wwwroot\default\aaaaaaaa\")
If FileExists($source) And ($destination) Then
ProgressOn("Coping Files", "", "0 percent")
ProgressSet(0, "Backup " & $source & $destination)
Sleep(200)
ProgressSet(50)
Sleep(200)
$Copy = DirCopy($source, $destination, 1)
ProgressSet(75)
ProcessWaitClose($Copy)
ProgressSet(100, "Finished")
Sleep(200)
Else
MsgBox(262160, "Warning", "Directory Does Not Exist", 5)
EndIf

Well, this syntax is wrong:

; If FileExists($source) And ($destination) Then
; Should be:
If FileExists($source) And FileExists($destination) Then

And the use of $Copy is wrong because DirCopy() returns 0 or 1 for success, not a PID, so using it for ProcessWaitClose() is pretty silly.

There have been many discussions of doing copies with a progress box, and this method is not one of the working ones...

[JamesDover]

Thanks PsaltyDs for the information. Which method do you prefer?

Edited August 26, 2008 by JamesDover

[SmOke_N]

Thanks PsaltyDs for the information. What method do you prefer?

I'm going to take a step out on a limb here and say he prefers:

one of the working ones...

[PsaltyDS]

I'm going to take a step out on a limb here and say he prefers:

Yeah.

My point was to use search and find one the many.

The only time I worried about a progress bar myself, I did it with a total top level directory count and just showed percentage of directories completed. The recursive directory walking function I wrote myself. This was a folder with about 2000 sub folders at the first level under it, about 2 million files and 1TB total. With smaller stuff the progress bar isn't really interesting to me.

[JamesDover]

Ok, Cheers!