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- From: jpugh@apple.com (Jon Pugh)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Subject: Re: CopyFile XCMD
- Message-ID: <jpugh-180892215832@90.20.3.212>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 05:02:23 GMT
- References: <hlindley.714171486@cunews>
- Sender: news@gallant.apple.com
- Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
- Organization: Apple Computer, Inc.
- Lines: 32
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- In article <hlindley.714171486@cunews>, hlindley@alfred.carleton.ca (Hugh
- Lindley) wrote:
- >
- > I just downloaded Jon Pugh's Hypercard stack & external
- > command CopyFile from FTP.APPLE.COM It seems to work
- > well with files that exist on different volumes. For
- > example from disk to hard drive or from network server
- > to local hard drive. I'm having problems with getting it
- > work between folders on a local hard drive and getting
- > it to recognize a RAM Disk as file volume. When I use
- > the plain copyfile command from the message box and use
- > copyfile's built in SFdialog I can see the RAM disk as
- > another volume and the command appears to execute, but
- > when I check the contents of the RAM disk, the file does
- > not appear to be copied. Does anyone know of any
- > Hypercard externals that can copy to the RAM disk, and
- > if so where can I find them.
- >
- > P.S. I have tried copying to Apple's Proprietary RAM
- > Disk that comes with system 7.0.1 and shareware RAM Disk
- > applications like AppDisk.
-
- I just tried this with my Home stack and AppDisk. It worked fine. You
- must have something else going wrong. Is there enough room on the RAMdisk?
- You should follow any call to CopyFile with a check on "the result" like
- so:
-
- if the result is not "" then answer the result
-
- This will display CopyFile's error message if there is one.
-
- Jon
-