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Copying or Moving a File

Problem

You need to copy a file.

Solution

Use PltScheme's standard function copy-file:

(copy-file src-path dest-path)

creates the file dest-path as a copy of src-path. If the file is successfully copied, void is returned, otherwise the exn:i/o:filesystem exception is raised. If dest-path already exists, the copy will fail. File permissions are preserved in the copy. Under Mac OS Classic, the resource fork is also preserved in the copy. If src-path refers to a link, the target of the link is copied, rather than the link itself.

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-- IvanHernandez - 03 Jun 2004