Copying Files

[BallyUK]

At the end of our build process I wish to copy some files. So... just trying a simple copy step.

Source: E:\bin\built
Dest Folder: E:\dists\Arcade\Files

with include set to copy data from these two subdirectories of arcade/files

/Additional DLLs/*.*
/Arcade/*.*

No files get copied, and there are no files already in the destination directory.

I've tried
foldername\*.* and *
foldername/*.* and *
/foldername
\foldername
foldername

Why wont visual build copy anything!??!

[kinook]

That's not how folder inclusion/exclusion is specified with the Copy Files action. Try

\Additional DLLs
\Arcade

See the Copy Files help topics for full details and the VisBuildPro/Backup.bld sample for some examples.

[BallyUK]

Thanks for the reply, but even after looking at the help I don't understand what I am doing wrong...

Source: E:\bin\built
Dest: E:\dists\Arcade\Files

Include:

\Additional DLLs\Arcade
\Additional DLLs\Crystal
\Arcade

......


E:\bin\built\ -> E:\dists\Arcade\Files\
0 file(s) copied
Build successfully completed.

[kinook]

Folder inclusion/exclusion only supports one level of folder name (matching subfolders with that name/mask at any level), so you can specify

\Arcade

and/or

\Additional DLLs

but not

\Additional DLLs\Arcade

[BallyUK]

ah, ok thankyou.
Looks like its batch file time then :)

[kinook]

It's not entirely clear to me why the Copy Files action wouldn't work. If you can describe your directory/file layout (src and dest) in a little more detail, I might be able to suggest a way to use Copy Files to achieve what you're looking for. Xcopy or Robocopy [1] could also be used from a Run Program step if the Copy Files action is not flexible enough for your needs.

http://www.kinook.com/Forum/showthread.php?threadid=1225

[pjaquiery]

Use multiple Copy Files steps:

Source: E:\bin\built
Dest: E:\dists\Arcade\Files\Additional DLLs

Include:

\Arcade
\Crystal


Source: E:\bin\built
Dest: E:\dists\Arcade\Files

Include:

\Arcade

[BallyUK]

Thankyou for the help, both of you.
I've solved the problem now, but may I suggest in future versions it would be useful to have a more flexible copy system, or at least one with some error handling (I had no idea what I was doing wrong).

Thanks again...