Editing mirc/commands/copy

{{mirc title|/copy Command}}{{mIRC menu}}
The '''/copy command''' can be used to copy a file or an entire directory to another location. Both the source and the destination parameters support directory names. If the source is a directory the entire directory will be copied. The source parameter also supports wildcard characters.

This command is verbose by default.
== Synopsis ==
 /copy -aop <nowiki><source></nowiki> <destination>

== Switches ==
* '''-o''' - If the file exists, override it
* '''-a''' - If the file exists, append to it
* '''-p''' - Flush the copied file to the disk

== Parameters ==
* '''<nowiki><source></nowiki>''' - The name of the directory or file to be copied (can be a wildcard name)
* '''<destination>''' - Destination filename (or directory)

== Example ==
You can use the copy command to move the content of entire directories:

<syntaxhighlight lang="mIRC">;Copy all the files in directory 'aaa' into directory 'bbb'
copy aaa bbb</syntaxhighlight>

Below is a simple backup script:

<syntaxhighlight lang="mIRC">;A simple backup script to back up all currently loaded script file.
; /backup
Alias backup {
  var %dir = backup\bkup. $+ $ctime

  ;make sure the user wants to backup
  if ($input(Are you sure you want to backup all loaded the scripts?, y, Backup Scripts?)) {

    ;make sure the backup directory exists
    if (!$isdir(backup)) mkdir backup

    ;create the new backup directory, timestamped
    mkdir %dir
    echo -ac info [backup] %dir created!

    var %x = 1
    ;while there is another script file
    while ($script(%x)) {
      ;backup the file
      .copy $qt($v1) %dir
      echo -ca info [backup] copying $qt($v1)
      inc %x 
    }

    ;done!
    echo -ac info [backup] Backup is complete!
  }
}</syntaxhighlight>

== Compatibility ==
{{mIRC compatibility|5.3}}

== See also ==
* [[List of commands - mIRC|List of commands]]
* [[List of identifiers - mIRC|List of identifiers]]
* {{mIRC|$file}}
* {{mIRC|/mkdir}}
* {{mIRC|/remove}}
* {{mIRC|/rename}}
* {{mIRC|/rmdir}}
{{mIRC command list}}

[[Category:mIRC commands|copy command - mIRC]]