Re: File Copying Library

["David Busby" <busby pnts com>]

List,Adam,
    Since the code for CP is open, could you just look in there?  You could
even trace the path for how cp executes with -ax to have yours automagically
do that.  I think you can get code for CP from GNU (isn't that who makes
it?)

/B
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam H. Pendleton" <fmonkey fmonkey net>
To: <redhat-list redhat com>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 15:26
Subject: File Copying Library


> Since today seems to be filled with programming questions, i thought I
> would send mine in.  Is there a library out there somewhere that
> provides the functionality of the "cp" program?  I need to incorporate
> the ability to copy files into a program of mine, and so far the best
> that I have been able to come up with is trying to integrate the "cp"
> source code into my project.  There has to be an easier way.  Does
> anybody have one?
>
> ahp
>
> P.S. -- Essentially all my program is doing is a "cp -ax /blah
> /blah-dest".  The language is C.
>