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maint: Update copyright notices for release.
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1 ## Copyright (C) 2005-2013 John W. Eaton
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2 ##
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3 ## This file is part of Octave.
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4 ##
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5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
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8 ## your option) any later version.
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9 ##
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10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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11 ## WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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12 ## MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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13 ## General Public License for more details.
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14 ##
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15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
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17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
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20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {[@var{status}, @var{msg}, @var{msgid}] =} copyfile (@var{f1}, @var{f2})
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21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {[@var{status}, @var{msg}, @var{msgid}] =} copyfile (@var{f1}, @var{f2}, 'f')
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22 ## Copy the file @var{f1} to the destination @var{f2}.
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23 ##
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24 ## The name @var{f1} may contain globbing patterns. If @var{f1} expands to
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25 ## multiple file names, @var{f2} must be a directory.
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26 ## when the force flag @qcode{'f'} is given any existing files will be
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27 ## overwritten without prompting.
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28 ##
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29 ## If successful, @var{status} is 1, and @var{msg}, @var{msgid} are empty
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30 ## character strings (""). Otherwise, @var{status} is 0, @var{msg} contains a
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31 ## system-dependent error message, and @var{msgid} contains a unique message
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32 ## identifier. Note that the status code is exactly opposite that of the
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33 ## @code{system} command.
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34 ## @seealso{movefile, rename, unlink, delete, glob}
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35 ## @end deftypefn
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37 function [status, msg, msgid] = copyfile (f1, f2, force)
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39 if (nargin < 2 || nargin > 3)
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40 print_usage ();
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41 endif
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42
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43 max_cmd_line = 1024;
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44 status = true;
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45 msg = "";
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46 msgid = "";
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48 ## FIXME: maybe use the same method as in ls to allow users control
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49 ## over the command that is executed.
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50
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51 if (ispc () && ! isunix ()
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52 && isempty (file_in_path (getenv ("PATH"), "cp.exe")))
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53 ## Windows.
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54 cmd = "cmd /C xcopy /E";
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55 cmd_force_flag = "/Y";
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56 else
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57 cmd = "cp -r";
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58 cmd_force_flag = "-f";
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59 endif
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61 ## Input type check.
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62 if (! (ischar (f1) || iscellstr (f1)))
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63 error ("copyfile: F1 must be a character string or a cell array of character strings");
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64 endif
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66 if (! ischar (f2))
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67 error ("copyfile: F2 must be a character string");
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68 endif
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70 if (nargin == 3 && strcmp (force, "f"))
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71 cmd = [cmd " " cmd_force_flag];
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72 endif
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74 ## If f1 isn't a cellstr convert it to one.
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75 if (ischar (f1))
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76 f1 = cellstr (f1);
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77 endif
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79 ## If f1 has more than 1 element f2 must be a directory
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80 isdir = (exist (f2, "dir") != 0);
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81 if (length (f1) > 1 && ! isdir)
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82 error ("copyfile: when copying multiple files, F2 must be a directory");
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83 endif
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85 ## Protect the file name(s).
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86 f1 = glob (f1);
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87 if (isempty (f1))
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88 error ("copyfile: no files to move");
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89 endif
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90 p1 = sprintf ('"%s" ', f1{:});
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91 p2 = tilde_expand (f2);
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93 if (isdir && length (p1) > max_cmd_line)
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94 l2 = length (p2) + length (cmd) + 6;
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95 while (! isempty (f1))
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96 p1 = sprintf ('"%s" ', f1{1});
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97 f1(1) = [];
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98 while (! isempty (f1)
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99 && (length (p1) + length (f1{1}) + l2 < max_cmd_line))
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100 p1 = sprintf ('%s"%s" ', p1, f1{1});
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101 f1(1) = [];
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102 endwhile
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104 if (ispc () && ! isunix ()
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105 && ! isempty (file_in_path (getenv ("PATH"), "cp.exe")))
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106 p1 = strrep (p1, '\', '/');
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107 p2 = strrep (p2, '\', '/');
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108 endif
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110 ## Copy the files.
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111 [err, msg] = system (sprintf ('%s %s"%s"', cmd, p1, p2));
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112 if (err != 0)
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113 status = false;
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114 msgid = "copyfile";
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115 break;
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116 endif
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117 endwhile
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118 else
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119 if (ispc () && ! isunix ()
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120 && ! isempty (file_in_path (getenv ("PATH"), "cp.exe")))
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121 p1 = strrep (p1, '\', '/');
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122 p2 = strrep (p2, '\', '/');
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123 endif
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125 ## Copy the files.
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126 [err, msg] = system (sprintf ('%s %s"%s"', cmd, p1, p2));
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127 if (err != 0)
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128 status = false;
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129 msgid = "copyfile";
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130 endif
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131 endif
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133 endfunction
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