!!! Radical changes in this BETA !!! Backup your current XYplorer folder with all contents before running it !!!
- + Scripting got a new command.
Name: CopyItem
Action: Creates a copy of a file or folder (with all
contents).
Syntax: copyitem [item], [copy]
item: [optional] full path/name of the item to copy
if missing defaults to current item
can be relative to current path
copy: [optional] full path/name of the copy to create
if missing defaults to current item plus an
automatic number suffix
can be relative to current path
can contain * to stand for the base of item
can contain ? to stand for the extension of item
Examples:
// if the current item is "blah.txt" then this will
// create "blah-01.txt" in the current folder:
copyitem;
// duplicates blah.txt as blub.txt in another location:
copyitem "C:\Temp\blah.txt", "D:\blub.txt";
// will create folder new\ if necessary:
copyitem "C:\Temp\blah.txt", "D:\new\blub.txt";
// duplicates blah.txt in the current path as
// blah-copy.txt:
copyitem "C:\Temp\blah.txt", "*-copy.?";
// backup XY data folder to [e.g.] ..appdata_backup_20090515:
copyitem "<xydata>", "<xydata>_backup_<date yyyymmdd>";
// duplicates folder "C:\Temp" with all its contents as
// "C:\Temp-01":
copyitem "C:\Temp";
Remarks:
- The command uses the shell copy engine for the job.
Hence you get the usual prompts about overwriting and
no support for overlong filenames.
- Any non-existing folders in the target are silently
created without asking you politely for your approval.
- Note the difference to the command "CopyTo": In CopyTo
the "location" argument is the destination where the
source is copied to. In CopyItem the "copy" argument
is the name of the copy itself.
- You cannot pass a drive, server, or share, as argument.
- Trailing slashes for folders are optional.
- The "copyitem" command partly overlaps functionally
with the "new" command when you pass a source argument
to the latter. However, "copyitem" is straighter to
use for the job and has additional powers (e.g. using
wildcards * and ?). Also, "new" will never overwrite
an existing file or folder whereas "copyitem" will
(unless you omit the "copy" argument). - + New variable: <xypane> = XYplorer active pane data path (unslashed).
- + Configuration | Startup & Exit: Added option "Keep pane data private". Check it if you don't want share history and tab data with other configurations. Changing this option will have an effect only after a restart.
- * Configuration | Startup & Exit: Renamed "Cache network servers between sessions" to "Cache network servers" to gain a little space.
- ! When migrating INI files other than XYplorer.ini to the new data layout (Panes folder), shared pane data were overwritten by data of those INI files. Fixed. Now those INIs by default keep their pane data (history and tabs) private. You can change this setting in configuration to make them share the data with XYplorer.ini.
- ! Rename Special: Folders with dots in the name were incorrectly treated as having extensions. Fixed.
