How to copy files to a specified folder using Perl?

*Hunkorama417* · 05-06-2000, 05:49 PM

How do I copy a file to a specified folder using Perl?
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Andrew
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mike_w · 05-06-2000, 10:17 PM

There are several ways -

- you can do it the tedious way by opening 2 filehandles and writing the contents of one to the other.

- you can use a module, File::Copy, ex.

use File::Copy;
copy("file_one.txt file_two.txt&quot

;

- or easiest, use a system function, ex.

system("cp -pr file_one.txt file_two.txt&quot

;

moving it to another directory is just as easy, use an absolute or relative pathname -

system("cp -pr oldfile.txt /big/dom/xtrickortreat/trickster/test1/oldfile.txt&quot

;
system("cp -pr oldfile.txt ../test1/newfile.txt&quot

;