Copy entire folder?

[Rick Nelson]

Hello all,

This should be something easy, but I just can't figure it out.

I need to copy an entire folder over, but the destination folder already exists and has files in it. I need to add the files from my local folder to the destination folder.

The Copy function won't do this. Is there any way with conventional LabVIEW programs? Are there any out there?

Usually when something like this comes up, I'll use SystemExec.vi (to use the xcopy command), but that is just completely broken. with LV 7.1. I've tried "xcopy...", "command.com /c xcopy...", making it into a batch file.. etc. No luck.

[Joe_H]

Attached is a copy of the OpenG copy vi (I hope I'm not violating licensing agreement here) See if this helps if it does go to openg.org to download and install the commander and the packages it a great tool that I cannot code without. let me know if you need further assistance.

[Rick Nelson]

Well, it looks like that won't copy entire folders, but thanks for the link - I didn't know about those packages. They should come in handy in the future.

Also, in case anyone reads this later on, I found out that SystemExec does work to an extent - I can run commands like "copy", but for some reason, it won't run "xcopy". On top of that, you can make a batch (.bat) file with the "copy" command, and it'll work. But the bizarre part is if your .bat file has "xcopy" it doesn't work.

If I find a solution, I'll post it. If not, I'll just use a bunch of For loops to copy each file/folder individually.

-- Rick

[Emilie S.]

Hi Rick:

Try the example code attached to this post. I tried it out and it worked for me, I think it does what you are asking for.

Emilie S.
National Instruments
Applications Engineer