OpenEuphoria

problem with system()

• Posted by Jim <futures8 at PCOLA.GULF.NET> Sep 06, 2000
• 458 views

Hi, all.

I'm trying to copy a text file from one directory into the directory from which
the Euphoria program is executing. Have run   SET CAUSEWAY=LOWMEM:80   (even up
to 120)
before running ex.  In all cases, the copied files contains 0 bytes. The source
file contains 10,430 bytes.

Ive tried every thing I can think of, with no difference in the results; always
an empty file.

No doubt, it's something obvious that I'm doing wrong. Any suggestions will be
much appreciated.

Pertinent portion of the program follows.
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GetMaFile = DownLoadDir&MaFile     -- contents = "\\A5\\DOWNLOAD\\MA083100.TXT"
printf(1,"\n %s \n",{GetMaFile})            -- just to verify.  (It is OK)

DosCommand = "copy "&GetMaFile
printf(1,"\n %s \n",{DosCommand})      -- just to verify.  (It is OK)
system(DosCommand,0)                       -- copied file is empty (0 bytes; s/b
10,430)

   -- try hard-coding it...
system("copy C:\\A5\\DOWNLOAD\\MA083100.TXT  C:\\DATA\\MA083100.TXT",2) -- 0
bytes
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Thanks.

Jim