Corrupted filetypes with [movefile]

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1998

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 18333
interpreted = N
texte = WebCat PI 2.1-2.1.6, MacOS 8, WebStar 3When people are preparing their order, I give them an option to view andprint a plain text form which they can fax/mail in to us. When they viewthe form, their cart file is moved from the Shoppingcarts folder to the Faxfolder (where carts are recycled after 10 days instead of 1 day). This isdone by putting a [MOVEFILE path=/ShoppingCarts/[CART]&to=/Fax/[Cart]] atthe top of the Fax.html page. It's pretty simple.Sometimes the cart gets corrupted when it gets moved. The content is fine,but the creator and file types are changed to nonsense, the file is given arandom label, and the mod date is changed to 1/1/04. This has beenhappening very frequently recently (4 out of 5 times as opposed to the 1out of 20 times it used to happen), so I dug in my heels and did sometesting.I set up two folders (test1 and test2) and put a cart (666666) in test1. Ithen used the followign code to move it to test 2: [MOVEFILEpath=/test1/666666&to=/test2/666666]. It worked fine.Then, I accidentally hit the same code *again*. That's when the corruptionoccurred.I replced the [MOVEFILE] with a [COPYFILE]/[DELETEFILE] combo. Afterhitting the code twice, I got almost the same results, except the file datewas correct.Also, [MOVEFILE path=/test/file.txt&to=/test/file.txt] and [MOVEFILEpath=/test/file.txt&to=/test2/file.txt] where test2 doesn't exist willcompletely delete file.txt. To both of these cases I say Ick. I can seethat completely screwing up someone's work if they're not careful. It*should* do nothing with the file.txt.MichaelMichael Winston *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.comInternet Coordinator *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By fax!: 503/654/9440 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Corrupted filetypes with [movefile] (Michael Winston 1998)

WebCat PI 2.1-2.1.6, MacOS 8, WebStar 3When people are preparing their order, I give them an option to view andprint a plain text form which they can fax/mail in to us. When they viewthe form, their cart file is moved from the Shoppingcarts folder to the Faxfolder (where carts are recycled after 10 days instead of 1 day). This isdone by putting a [MOVEFILE path=/ShoppingCarts/[cart]&to=/Fax/[cart]] atthe top of the Fax.html page. It's pretty simple.Sometimes the cart gets corrupted when it gets moved. The content is fine,but the creator and file types are changed to nonsense, the file is given arandom label, and the mod date is changed to 1/1/04. This has beenhappening very frequently recently (4 out of 5 times as opposed to the 1out of 20 times it used to happen), so I dug in my heels and did sometesting.I set up two folders (test1 and test2) and put a cart (666666) in test1. Ithen used the followign code to move it to test 2: [MOVEFILEpath=/test1/666666&to=/test2/666666]. It worked fine.Then, I accidentally hit the same code *again*. That's when the corruptionoccurred.I replced the [movefile] with a [copyfile]/[deletefile] combo. Afterhitting the code twice, I got almost the same results, except the file datewas correct.Also, [MOVEFILE path=/test/file.txt&to=/test/file.txt] and [MOVEFILEpath=/test/file.txt&to=/test2/file.txt] where test2 doesn't exist willcompletely delete file.txt. To both of these cases I say Ick. I can seethat completely screwing up someone's work if they're not careful. It*should* do nothing with the file.txt.MichaelMichael Winston *By e-mail!: michaelw@dhorse.comInternet Coordinator *By web!: http://www.dhorse.com/Dark Horse Comics, Inc. *By fax!: 503/654/9440 Michael Winston

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Corrupted filetypes with [movefile]

1998

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