Copy a file even if it already exist with unique name!

[Aacini]

Hi Antonio,
I like your code. Short and sweet.
But can we really assume that the file with the newest time stamp has the highest number?
What happens when some one edits file 2 of 4.

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But you could use the Creation date to force it back into order.

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But maybe a better solution would be to just use an IF statement to compare all possibilities.

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Of course there is only so much Human Error checking you can do. Some idiot could put the letter A inside the parentheses and A would become the largest value. If someone deletes the base file name from the backup folder the next time that file comes in, it would become the first base file name with no number.

Antonio, your code relies on the files remaining static, is that right?

I made this comment earlier - the OP didn't reply though.

What will happen to all these files? Will any of them ever be removed?
if you remove say file 5 then the code will need extra checking...

When a request have not enough specifications, I try to answer it via the simplest solution that fulfill the request as stated. If the OP have interest and reply with additional specifications then I evaluate a possible improvement of my code, but unfortunately this point not always happen. It is frequent that the OP never answer or just say "thanks" with no detail about how my code behaves. In this case, any effort made to improve the first solution was wasted time (and sam14189 had just proved this point)...

Antonio

[Squashman]

When a request have not enough specifications, I try to answer it via the simplest solution that fulfill the request as stated. If the OP have interest and reply with additional specifications then I evaluate a possible improvement of my code, but unfortunately this point not always happen. It is frequent that the OP never answer or just say "thanks" with no detail about how my code behaves. In this case, any effort made to improve the first solution was wasted time (and sam14189 had just proved this point)...

Antonio

I totally agree with you

[foxidrive]

When a request have not enough specifications, I try to answer it via the simplest solution that fulfill the request as stated. If the OP have interest and reply with additional specifications then I evaluate a possible improvement of my code, but unfortunately this point not always happen.

Antonio

Yes, that's a friendly way to view it Antonio.

In my case after several thousand scripts where people don't reply, or they change the task, or didn't give correct details to start with, or argue when they don't have the skills in the first place...

I've learned to (usually) get the details before committing to code - because it's often a frustrating experience having to re-write your code.
This is doubly so when the person asking the question is unhelpful or otherwise treats you like a free code machine.

[foxidrive]

When a request have not enough specifications, I try to answer it via the simplest solution that fulfill the request as stated. If the OP have interest and reply with additional specifications then I evaluate a possible improvement of my code, but unfortunately this point not always happen.

Antonio

Yes, that's a friendly way to view it Antonio.

After several thousand scripts where people don't reply, or they change the task, or didn't give correct details to start with, or argue when they don't have the skills in the first place...

I've learned to (usually) get the details before committing to code - because it's often a frustrating experience having to re-write your code.
This is doubly so when the person asking the question is unhelpful or otherwise treats you like a free code machine.

[Aacini]

In my case after several thousand scripts where people don't reply, or they change the task, or didn't give correct details to start with, or argue when they don't have the skills in the first place...

I've learned to (usually) get the details before committing to code - because it's often a frustrating experience having to re-write your code.
This is doubly so when the person asking the question is unhelpful or otherwise treats you like a free code machine.

Yes I understand that, but sometimes I try to guess the OP needs and post a "probable" solution for they, and now and then I do a hole in 1! Some time ago I tried to follow each change in OP's requests, but nowadays I just ignore they...

There is a popular phrase in México that describe this situation:


"La burra no era arisca, la hicieron a sombrerazos"


This site gives this translation:

"The she-donkey wasn´t ill-tempered, they made her so, beating her with hats"

A person who is distrustful and unfriendly most probably became that way by being treated abusively.

Antonio

[Squashman]

But why the feminine?

[foxidrive]

There is a popular phrase in México that describe this situation:

"La burra no era arisca, la hicieron a sombrerazos"

"The she-donkey wasn´t ill-tempered, they made her so, beating her with hats"
A person who is distrustful and unfriendly most probably became that way by being treated abusively.

Antonio

It is true too

@Squashman: The gender is used in different languages for words and ideas and things. In German it's used that way also.