## Copyright (C) 2005-2012 John W. Eaton
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## -*- texinfo -*-
## @deftypefn  {Function File} {[@var{status}, @var{msg}, @var{msgid}] =} copyfile (@var{f1}, @var{f2})
## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{status}, @var{msg}, @var{msgid}] =} copyfile (@var{f1}, @var{f2}, 'f')
## Copy the file @var{f1} to the destination @var{f2}.
##
## The name @var{f1} may contain globbing patterns.  If @var{f1} expands to
## multiple file names, @var{f2} must be a directory.
## when the force flag @qcode{'f'} is given any existing files will be
## overwritten without prompting.
##
## If successful, @var{status} is 1, and @var{msg}, @var{msgid} are empty
## character strings ("").  Otherwise, @var{status} is 0, @var{msg} contains a
## system-dependent error message, and @var{msgid} contains a unique message
## identifier.  Note that the status code is exacly opposite that of the
## @code{system} command.
## @seealso{movefile, rename, unlink, delete, glob}
## @end deftypefn

function [status, msg, msgid] = copyfile (f1, f2, force)

  if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3)
    print_usage ();
  endif

  max_cmd_line = 1024;
  status = true;
  msg = "";
  msgid = "";

  ## FIXME: maybe use the same method as in ls to allow users control
  ## over the command that is executed.

  if (ispc () && ! isunix ()
      && isempty (file_in_path (getenv ("PATH"), "cp.exe")))
    ## Windows.
    cmd = "cmd /C xcopy /E";
    cmd_force_flag = "/Y";
  else
    cmd = "cp -r";
    cmd_force_flag = "-f";
  endif

  ## Input type check.
  if (! (ischar (f1) || iscellstr (f1)))
    error ("copyfile: F1 must be a character string or a cell array of character strings");
  endif

  if (! ischar (f2))
    error ("copyfile: F2 must be a character string");
  endif

  if (nargin == 3 && strcmp (force, "f"))
    cmd = [cmd " " cmd_force_flag];
  endif

  ## If f1 isn't a cellstr convert it to one.
  if (ischar (f1))
    f1 = cellstr (f1);
  endif

  ## If f1 has more than 1 element f2 must be a directory
  isdir = (exist (f2, "dir") != 0);
  if (length (f1) > 1 && ! isdir)
    error ("copyfile: when copying multiple files, F2 must be a directory");
  endif

  ## Protect the file name(s).
  f1 = glob (f1);
  if (isempty (f1))
    error ("copyfile: no files to move");
  endif
  p1 = sprintf ('"%s" ', f1{:});
  p2 = tilde_expand (f2);

  if (isdir && length (p1) > max_cmd_line)
    l2 = length (p2) + length (cmd) + 6;
    while (! isempty (f1))
      p1 = sprintf ('"%s" ', f1{1});
      f1(1) = [];
      while (! isempty (f1)
             && (length (p1) + length (f1{1}) + l2 < max_cmd_line))
        p1 = sprintf ('%s"%s" ', p1, f1{1});
        f1(1) = [];
      endwhile

      if (ispc () && ! isunix ()
          && ! isempty (file_in_path (getenv ("PATH"), "cp.exe")))
        p1 = strrep (p1, '\', '/');
        p2 = strrep (p2, '\', '/');
      endif

      ## Copy the files.
      [err, msg] = system (sprintf ('%s %s"%s"', cmd, p1, p2));
      if (err != 0)
        status = false;
        msgid = "copyfile";
        break;
      endif
    endwhile
  else
    if (ispc () && ! isunix ()
        && ! isempty (file_in_path (getenv ("PATH"), "cp.exe")))
      p1 = strrep (p1, '\', '/');
      p2 = strrep (p2, '\', '/');
    endif

    ## Copy the files.
    [err, msg] = system (sprintf ('%s %s"%s"', cmd, p1, p2));
    if (err != 0)
      status = false;
      msgid = "copyfile";
    endif
  endif

endfunction