Is it possible to copy folder with Extendscript

[funsekon]

Not sure if this is only available to files... Trying to create a folder locally (C: drive) and then copy the folder (and contents) to another folder on the network...

var foSource = new Folder(myPath);
foSource.copy(strTarget);

This throws an error... any ideas?

Thanks!

[Klaus Göbel]

What is your "strTarget"?

How is it build?  It should be something like "C:\\Users\\User\\MyFolder";

IMPORTANT: backslash must be double( means: masked)

[Ian Proudfoot]

It may be because the Folder object does not have a copy() function.

I had a quick look at this and I believe that you will have to create your own recursive folder copy function. That will need to create a new folder, then copy each file into it. A recursive function will allow it to also create/copy sub-folders.

By the way, I normally use URI notation for all paths as it saves all that double backslash nonsense and it's how the File and Folder objects store the paths anyway.

Ian

[Klaus Göbel]

Hi Ian,

you're absolutely right.

Only a file can be copied, but not a folder.

@funsekon: You have to create the (sub-)folder and copy the FILES.( file by file)

[Klaus Göbel · Accepted solution]

Hi funsekon,

here's one way to do that:

var NewFileName;
var oFiles;
var oNewFolder
var StartFolder = "C:\\temp";   // preselection for Windows Explorer
var locFolder = new Folder(StartFolder);
var oOldFolder = locFolder.selectDlg ("Folder");
if (oOldFolder != null)
    {
    oNewFolder = new Folder(oOldFolder + "\\NewFolder") ;
    if (oNewFolder.exists)
        {
        // alert("overwrite?")
        // ......
        }
    else
        {
        oNewFolder.create();
        }
        oFiles = oOldFolder.getFiles ("*.fm");
        for (var i = 0; i < oFiles.length; i++)
            {
             NewFileName =    oFiles.fsName.replace(oOldFolder.fsName,oNewFolder.fsName);
            oFiles.copy(NewFileName);
            }
}

[funsekon]

Thanks Klaus, this procedure works wonders. Yes, my target folder looks like: "C:\\Users\\User\\MyFolder";

Thanks @Ian Proudfoot for your suggestions and comments...