Mark Henigan wrote:
> Hello Jim:
>
> I haven't been able to find a reference to this
> issue in any of the help files associated with
> FS/2. On the Copy Directory dialogue, what is
> the difference between "Copy" and "WPS Copy?"
>
> The latter sounds like it would establish a lot
> of file handles as the files were copied that
> might not be a part of the simple "copy"
>
> Thank You!
>
> - Mark
>
> Mark Henigan

HI Mark,

Looks like you caught me asleep on this one. There is no help for this
in the help file.

WPS Copy uses an API call that copies the file(s) or directories(s)
using WPS file handles vice the FS/2 copy that uses path/filenames. The
latter has better error handling, can update the progress bar by bytes
copied vice files copied and does not create handles in WPS. I would
recommend using WPS Copy only if you want to create/preserve file
handles and links between handles, such as copying a program folder. The
error handling in WPS Copy is difficult to work with from PM and I admit
that the FS/2 WPS Copy does a poor job using this function. However it
works ok if you are copying to a directory where there are no like-named
files. In a directory WPS Copy, there is only one API call and that is
to copy the directory so any duplicate file in the target causes the
call to fail. When this happens, FS/2 falls back to the standard copy.
Not the ideal solution.

I'll fix the help...

Jim