Function BlockFileCopyPLCopen motion icon

Description

This function block copies a file's contents to a new file. Please note that large files will take a noticeable amount of time to complete. For example, a 1000KB file takes approximately 0.6 seconds.

Figure 7-202: The FileCopy Function Block

Related Functions

FileDelete, FileRename, FileExists, FileSize

See also: File Management

Arguments

Input

Execute Description On the rising edgeClosedA rising edge is the transition of a digital signal from low to high. It is also called positive edge request to perform copying a file
  Data Type BOOL
  Range 0, 1
  Unit N/A
  Default
Src Description The path to the source file
  Data Type STRING
  Range N/A
  Unit N/A
  Default
Dst Description The destination path to the new file
  Data Type STRING
  Range N/A
  Unit user units
  Default

Output

Done Description If TRUE, then the command completed successfully
  Data Type BOOL
Error Description If TRUE, an error has occurred
  Data Type BOOL
ErrorID Description Indicates the error if Error output is set to TRUE. See the table in Search IndexFile and TCP/IP Function Block ErrorID Output
  Data Type DINT

Example

Structured Text

(* FileCopy example *)
CASE StepCounter OF
0:
  Inst_FileCopy(TRUE, 'Source.txt', 'Dest.txt');
  StepCounter := StepCounter + 1;
1:
  Inst_FileCopy(TRUE, 'Source.txt', 'Dest.txt');
  IF Inst_FileCopy.Done THEN
     Inst_FileCopy(FALSE, '', '');
     StepCounter := StepCounter + 1;
  END_IF;
END_CASE;