File.Copy

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File.Copy

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This function block copies a file. The target file is created or - if already existent - overwritten. The overwrite mode can be defined with the input ”xOverWrite”. If the overwrite mode is activated, no write protection may be activated in the existing file.

The function block is optional for different targets. Whether this function block is implemented or not is explicitly stated and encoded in the return value of the function ”FILE.GetProperty” (see description of File.GetProperty).

Inputs:

xExecute

 

BOOL


xAbort

BOOL

 

udiTimeOut

UDINT

 

sFileNameDest

CAA.FILENAME

File to which data should be copied; for restrictions concerning the file- and directory names see File.Open (FB)

sFileNameSource

CAA.FILENAME

File from which data should be copied, for restrictions concerning the file- and directory names see File.Open (FB)

xOverWrite

BOOL

Overwriting an already existing file with equal name

TRUE: File will be overwritten

FALSE: File will not be overwritten, an error message will be created

 

Outputs:

xDone

 

BOOL

 

 

xBusy

BOOL

 

xError

BOOL

 

 

xAborted

BOOL

 

eError

FILE.ERROR

Error ID

5105 - FILE.EXIST:

- Target file already exists; only in case of xOverWrite := FALSE

szSize

CAA.SIZE

Current number of successfully read bytes; this value is already valid before xDone has been set