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copying files
Name: shabbydoo Date: June 21, 2009 at 23:53:03 Pacific OS: Windows XP Subcategory: General
Comment:
Hi I needed to copy certain files and put them in a separate directory. i was intending to use the file::copy module. however i kept receiving an error msg.. can somene please tell me wht I'm doing wrong. my code is #!usr/bin/perl use File::Copy::Recursive $filecopy1="D:/shabdita/logs2.zip"; $newfile1="C:/new/logs2.zip"; copy($filecopy1,$newfile1) or die "File cannot be opened";
. the error msg that is showing up on my screen is "filename" is not exported by the file::copy::recursive module. cant countinue after import errors at copy.pl at line 4 compilation aborted.. I need help as fast as possible.. please :)
Name: marty525 Date: June 22, 2009 at 05:30:53 Pacific
Reply:
Did you try using windows explorer? You can drag and drop the file into the new directory and it will copy that file into the new directory. I am assuming that the new directory is in the same computer.
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Name: shabbydoo Date: June 22, 2009 at 21:42:20 Pacific
Reply:
yes but i needed a script so that this cpuld be done automatically instead. thats why. but thanks anyway.. :)
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