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"MikeC" <My_address AT end DOT of DOT post> wrote on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 00:31:07 GMT:

# Why can't I do it with ...
#
# system(string);  /* string contains "copy <source path> <dest path>" */
#
# ... as I tried?  It compiles OK, and appears to execute when I
single-step
# the program under RHIDE, but it takes an instant - not a minute or more -

# and the file doesn't get copied.  I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

You can.  As mentioned, there's no "copy" program - it's trying to
find "copy.exe" or "copy.com".

That means there's two answers:
1) Use XCOPY.EXE
2) Invoke the command interpreter:
   system("command.com /c copy ....");

The second can be a little tricky, because you have to know the name of
the command interpreter.  Go with COMMAND.COM, even though that's not
what is usually used for a DOS box in 2K/XP.