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Copying files to another directory
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Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
01642909
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>>>I have an unknown number of files in directory A
>>>I want to copy just the first to another directory B
>>>
>>>My present code copies them all COPY FILE *.* to c:\citisprint\attachxls\latest.xlsx
>>>
>>>How do I just copy the first and then delete it so it doesn't get copied again or can I move the first file to directory B? If so how?
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>How do you know what file is first?
>
>Say I have 10 files in a directory
>
>The first one in the directory - I want to move it to another directory process it and then delete it
>
>The next time I run the program the original 2nd file is now no !
>
>And so on until I have processed all 10 files
>
>Colin
lcFileName = SYS(2000,"D:\test\*.*")
DO WHILE NOT EMPTY(lcFileName)
   RENAME ("D:\test\"+lcFileName) TO ("D:\NewFolder\"+lcFileName) && Be careful, this will MOVE file not just copy
   lcFileName = SYS(2000,"D:\test\*.*",1)
ENDDO
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