Re: Moving files in C++ using Windows SDK

> int result= MoveFileEx("\\\\computerB\\apps","c:\\apps",

So you're trying to move a folder that is the root of a share... Not good.

--PA


"RussR" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23YecmBdoFHA.2472@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> What am I trying to achieve is to move a directory (or a set of files using wildcards) from one computer on the network to the
> computer that the code that's doing the moving is running. The systems are running WindowsXP Professional. Permissions on
> each directory is set to FULL for Everyone.
>
> So for example, \\computerA runs a code that will move the directory, \\computerB\\apps to c:\apps, where c:\apps is on
> computerA.
>
> Here's the line of code that I'm using which I got from the Windows SDK at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/movefileex.asp
>
> void main() {
>
> //here's the line of code that does the moving
> int result= MoveFileEx("\\\\computerB\\apps","c:\\apps", MOVEFILE_COPY_ALLOWED |
> MOVEFILE_REPLACE_EXISTING | MOVEFILE_WRITE_THROUGH);
>
> //this is to print out the error message when it fails
> LPVOID lpMsgBuf;
> FormatMessage(
> FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
> NULL,
> GetLastError(),
> MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), // Default language
> (LPTSTR) &lpMsgBuf,
> 0,
> NULL
> );
> printf("%s\n",lpMsgBuf);
> // Free the buffer.
> LocalFree( lpMsgBuf );
> }
>
> I get an error message usually saying access denied. Permissions are all set full for everyone, so I'm stumped. If I change
> it to copy from one directory on my computer to another directory on my computer, it only works if the target directory
> doesn't already exist. If it does exist, I get an access denied error....why? I've set all the MOVEFILE flags to avoid this.
>
> Thanks,
> RussR
>
>


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