>>isn't there an internal basic statement like Dir, Kill, Name.
>>I needed it myself some time ago, I couldn't recall.
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>There is a FileCopy method but don't forget that he wants to copy to the lpt1 prot.
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>When the file has an associated extension (ex: .doc, .xls, ...), you can use the ShellExecute API command.

It also invokes the GDI; CopyFile() or shelling to XCOPY does not (COPY, being an internal command, requires that you actually invoke a command processor to handle the COPY operation, eg COMMAND /C COPY /b prot lpt1:, and depending on OS, you may or may not need the trailing :

CopyFile() avoids these issues.