How to copy a file using SKILL?

Try axlOSfileCopy (from memory)

Try axlOSfileCopy (from memory)

Yep. That is it. Thank you! I was sure I had seen it at one point but couldn't find it. (And I was mostly looking at the vase SKILL and not Allegro SKILL functions.)

Another question: can you, or anyone else, give me a working example of this file? The function is returning 'nil' and I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I first tried:

axlOSFileCopy(axlOSSlash(strcat(axlGetVariable("CDS_SITE") "\\pcb\\<file name>.<file extension>")) axlGetVariable("cwd") nil)

axlGetVariable("cwd") seems to work and gives a fully validated path starting with a drive letter and using single forward slashes. This is the same format I see when I run "set" at the command prompt. Interestingly, axlGetVariable("cdsroot") gives me a drive letter and double backslashes.

I've tried many variations of the first argument but the function is always returning 'nil' for me. I tried using a drive letter vs UNC path, forward- and backward-slashes, single- and double-slashes...

I then tried copying between local directories but I still always get 'nil' with no file copied and I tried the same permutations mentioned above. The issue must be me. Ideally I would like to copy from a UNC network path to a local drive on Windows, if that matters. I'm running 17.2 S051. Any tips?

Below is an example from some code I wrote years ago:

(FileList = list("art_aper.txt" "art_param.txt"))
foreach(filename FileList
if( Version < 14.0 then
if((axlVersion 'isWindows) then
system(strcat("copy " filename " art"))
when(PasteList
system(strcat("copy " filename " outputs"))
)
else
system(strcat("cp " filename " art"))
when(PasteList
system(strcat("cp " filename " outputs"))
)
)
else
(SrcName = strcat(simplifyFilename(".") "/" filename))
(DestName = strcat(simplifyFilename(".") "/art/" filename))
unless(axlOSFileCopy(SrcName DestName nil) axlUIConfirm("file copy FAILED"))
)
)

Below is an allegro session implementing your copy example:

Opening existing design...
Command > skill axlGetVariable("CDS_SITE")
"D:/Cadence/SPB_16.6/share/local"
Command > skill axlGetVariable("cwd")
"D:/SPB_Data/xxxxx/yyyyyy"
Command > skill
Skill > setq file_name "README"
"README"
Skill > setq file_ext "txt"
"txt"
Skill > setq SrcFile sprintf(nil "%s/pcb/%s.%s" axlGetVariable("CDS_SITE") file_name file_ext)
"D:/Cadence/SPB_16.6/share/local/pcb/README.txt"
Skill > setq DestFile sprintf(nil "%s/%s.%s" axlGetVariable("cwd") file_name file_ext)
"D:/SPB_Data/xxxxx/yyyyyy/README.txt"
Skill > axlOSFileCopy(SrcFile DestFile nil)
t
Skill >

Ugh. I'm daft. Yes, that works. Thank you!

For the destination I wasn't giving a file name, only the path. The function example isn't super clear since it doesn't give file extensions, but it was a silly mistake on my part now that I see the problem clearly. (It would be a nice enhancement for the function to retain the source file name if only a folder is given as a destination.)