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2004-08-29 09:16:50 PM
cppbuilder47
Hi,
I'm trying to copy a file from my local harddisk to a
network drive and i can't get it to work using CopyFile.
Anyone know how to do that?
Thanks,
Dave
 

In the meantime check if the destination folder have some
special attributes like read-only or similar, or just try to copy
any file with Explorer to the destination drive/folder to check
the accessibility.
Best regards,
Vladimir Stefanovic
 

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 20:32:46 +0200, Vladimir Stefanovic wrote:
here's a sample
AnsiString Source, Destination;
CopyFile(Source.c_str(), Destination.c_str(), true);
Try it on local disk just fine but with a network drive it fails,
I tried CopyFileEx() too and won't work either,
Thanks
Dave
 

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Write the two AnsiStrings to the screen and check that they are valid
paths and file names. It could be something as simple as the lack of
doubled backslashes.
Check if the network drive permissions allow the copy as Mr Stefanovic
mentioned. Try doing a manual copy of a file from the command line to
the network drive and then checking the existence and size of the
destination file.
Call SetLastError(0) prior to the call and then see what the error
indicated by a call to GetLastError afterwards indicates.
. Ed