COPYFILE Function

Copies a file.

Category: External File
Returned data type: Integer
Note: The returned value is a Boolean value where 1= success and 0 = error.

Syntax

copyfile(<source_file, target_file>)

Required Arguments

source_file

a string representing the name of the file to be copied; this can be specified as a fixed string, field name, or expression

target_file

a string representing the name of the file to be written; this can be specified as a fixed string, field name, or expression

Details

The copyfile function copies a file. If the target file exists, the copyfile function will overwrite the target file.

Example

string source_file

string target_file

boolean rc_ok

 

source_file="C:\mydata.txt"

target_file="C:\mydata_copy.txt"

 

rc_ok = copyfile(source_file, target_file)