[FIXED] Re: Preserving file creation dates on [copyfile]
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2007
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Jesse- Actually, it was something a little more unusual- [shell] cp -p Conversions/WStarck_0001/Images/*.TIF Conversions/WStarck_0001/ ConvertedImages/[newfilename].TIF [/shell] [newfilename] was being provided higher on the page by an [include] like so: [text]newfilename=[include f../Includes/ImageConversion.inc][/text] The include contained a fairly hairy math equation, and therein was the error! I was assigning the results of a math equation to a text variable which was not providing a text string to the cp -p command, so it was ignoring the destination filename. So, I instead assigned the results of the math inside the include to a math variable, and then in turn assigned this result to a text variable like so: [math show=f]newimage=0[/math] [math show=f]newimage=[include ../Includes/ImageConverter.inc][/ math] [text show=f]newfilename=[newimage][/text] (all of this is inside a [listfiles] context, which changes the value of each imagename) This gave the cp command a text string for [newfilename], and it works as expected. Thanks Jesse, -Will On Feb 5, 2007, at 8:08 PMCST, Jesse Proudman wrote: > *.TIF is what's breaking it. > > You need to do 1 file per command. Batch it up with [loop] > > -- > > Jesse Proudman, Blue Box Group, LLC > > > > > On Feb 5, 2007, at 5:59 PM, WJ Starck wrote: > >> Jesse, >> >> [shell] >> cp -p Conversions/WStarck_0001/Images/*.TIF Conversions/ >> WStarck_0001/ConvertedImages/[newfilename].TIF >> [/shell] >> >> Copies the files in the Images folder to the ConvertedImages >> folder, but keeps the names the same... >> >> However, if I do the above directly from the command line, it works? >> >> -Will >> >> On Feb 5, 2007, at 7:44 PMCST, Jesse Proudman wrote: >> >>> cp -p should do that... What's your syntax? >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Jesse Proudman, Blue Box Group, LLC >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 5, 2007, at 5:39 PM, WJ Starck wrote: >>> >>>> Well, that works, kinda sorta. >>>> >>>> Here is my snippet: >>>> >>>> >>>> [shell] >>>> rsync -t Conversions/WStarck_0001/Images/*.TIF Conversions/ >>>> WStarck_0001/ConvertedImages/[newfilename].TIF >>>> [/shell] >>>> >>>> What I want it to do is copy the file, preserve the modification >>>> date, *and* give it a new name. >>>> >>>> Right now, rsync (or cp -p for that matter), copies the file to >>>> the right destination while preserving the mod date, but the >>>> filename is not changed. >>>> >>>> Perhaps what I want to do is not possible? >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list
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Jesse- Actually, it was something a little more unusual- [shell] cp -p Conversions/WStarck_0001/Images/*.TIF Conversions/WStarck_0001/ ConvertedImages/[newfilename].TIF [/shell] [newfilename] was being provided higher on the page by an [include] like so: [text]newfilename=[include f../Includes/ImageConversion.inc][/text] The include contained a fairly hairy math equation, and therein was the error! I was assigning the results of a math equation to a text variable which was not providing a text string to the cp -p command, so it was ignoring the destination filename. So, I instead assigned the results of the math inside the include to a math variable, and then in turn assigned this result to a text variable like so: [math show=f]newimage=0[/math] [math show=f]newimage=[include ../Includes/ImageConverter.inc][/ math] [text show=f]newfilename=[newimage][/text] (all of this is inside a [listfiles] context, which changes the value of each imagename) This gave the cp command a text string for [newfilename], and it works as expected. Thanks Jesse, -Will On Feb 5, 2007, at 8:08 PMCST, Jesse Proudman wrote: > *.TIF is what's breaking it. > > You need to do 1 file per command. Batch it up with [loop] > > -- > > Jesse Proudman, Blue Box Group, LLC > > > > > On Feb 5, 2007, at 5:59 PM, WJ Starck wrote: > >> Jesse, >> >> [shell] >> cp -p Conversions/WStarck_0001/Images/*.TIF Conversions/ >> WStarck_0001/ConvertedImages/[newfilename].TIF >> [/shell] >> >> Copies the files in the Images folder to the ConvertedImages >> folder, but keeps the names the same... >> >> However, if I do the above directly from the command line, it works? >> >> -Will >> >> On Feb 5, 2007, at 7:44 PMCST, Jesse Proudman wrote: >> >>> cp -p should do that... What's your syntax? >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Jesse Proudman, Blue Box Group, LLC >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Feb 5, 2007, at 5:39 PM, WJ Starck wrote: >>> >>>> Well, that works, kinda sorta. >>>> >>>> Here is my snippet: >>>> >>>> >>>> [shell] >>>> rsync -t Conversions/WStarck_0001/Images/*.TIF Conversions/ >>>> WStarck_0001/ConvertedImages/[newfilename].TIF >>>> [/shell] >>>> >>>> What I want it to do is copy the file, preserve the modification >>>> date, *and* give it a new name. >>>> >>>> Right now, rsync (or cp -p for that matter), copies the file to >>>> the right destination while preserving the mod date, but the >>>> filename is not changed. >>>> >>>> Perhaps what I want to do is not possible? >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >>> the mailing list . >>> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >>> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to >> digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >>> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ >> >> -- >> Will Starck >> NovaDerm Skincare Science >> http://www.novaderm.com >> helpdesk@novaderm.com >> 866-892-4149 >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to >> the mailing list . >> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >> To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > digest@talk.smithmicro.com> >> Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ -- Will Starck NovaDerm Skincare Science http://www.novaderm.com helpdesk@novaderm.com 866-892-4149 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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