How to copy all files in a folder?

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Hi all.
How to copy all files in a folder?
At the moment I copy each file individually.
Cheers

[Xephael]

You would need to write a script for this that loops through the files in the folder.

[Professor Von-Wulfen ]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Xephael:

You would need to write a script for this that loops through the files in the folder.

Many thanks, sir.

[Mandrin32]

I don't understand why this script doesn't work. No file copied and no error message :

sourceDir      = "/home/Mandrin/git/bin/"
destinationDir = "/home/Mandrin/git/test/"
computer       = host_computer(get_shell)

binFolder = File(computer, sourceDir)
files = get_files(binFolder)

for file in files
    copyResult = copy(file.path, destinationDir)
    // copyResult = copy(file.path, destinationDir, file.name) // Same result, no error but no copy
    if typeof(copyResult) == "string" then
       print("There was an error while copying file: " + copyResult)
    else
        print("File " + file.name + " got copied successfully.")
    end if
end for

The objective is to copy 2 files (AutoWifiConnect and Publish) from "/home/Mandrin/git/bin/" to ""/home/Mandrin/git/test/" (and "/usr/bin" at the end).

When i copy the file from terminal with cp, no problem... But this script doesn't work. The copy function seems ok because the output is :

Mandrin@Mandrion:~/git/bin$ Publish 
File AutoWifiConnect got copied successfully.
File Publish got copied successfully.

I looked for permissions but :

Mandrin@Mandrion:~/git/bin$ ls -l
drwxrwxrwx  Mandrin  Mandrin  0        00:00  test             
-rwxr-xr-x  Mandrin  Mandrin  2850082  00:00  AutoWifiConnect  
-rwxr-xr-x  Mandrin  Mandrin  6981173  00:00  Publish

[Lordjag]

copy(path, newname)

Copies a file to a new directory path (string) with the provided name (string). Overwrites any existing file with newname.

On success, returns 1 and the terminal outputs the copied file dialogue. On failure, returns either an error (string) such as permission denied or null (if File object not valid).

usage example:

comp = get_shell.host_computer
comp.File("/etc/passwd").copy(current_path, "passfile")

This example copies the /etc/passwd file to the working directory and names it 'passfile'.

I think for your code something like this:

copyResult = file.copy(destinationDir, file.name)

copyResult will be set to 1 on success

[Mandrin32]

Thank you very much for your answer, it works.

I didn't see in documentation there were at least 2 "copy" functions... from File and from General

Thank you again