Re: how copy file on linux?

Oops. missed part of my edit. See unquoted line below

On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 23:25:20 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:

On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:04:00 +0100, Malcolm McLean wrote:
 

On 28/06/2024 19:15, Bonita Montero wrote:

int fromFile = open( from, O_RDONLY | O_NOATIME );
     if( !fromFile )
         return false;

 
open() returns -1 on failure, and some non-negative number
on success. That non-negative number /can be/ 0 and still
be a valid success value.
 
The above test /will not/ detect an open() failure, as !(-1) == 0
However, the above /will/ falsely call

a FAILURE (and return a "false" from the function)

a valid open() that returns
fd 0 (slim chance unless you've previously closed stdin).
 
 

     invoke_on_destruct closeFrom( [&] { close( fromFile ); } );
 //    int toFile = open( to, O_CREAT );
 //    if( !toFile )
 //        return false;
     invoke_on_destruct closeTo( [&] { close( toFile ); } );
//     invoke_on_destruct delTo( [&] { unlink( to ); } );
     for( int64_t remaining = attrFrom.st_size; remaining > 0; remaining
-= 0x100000 )
     {
         size_t n = (size_t)(remaining >= 0x100000 ? 0x100000 : remaining);
         buf.resize( n );
         if( read( fromFile, buf.data(), n ) )
         {
             // this branch is taken
             cout << strerror( errno ) << endl;
             return false;
         }

 
So it claims the file opens, then won't read it?
 
Check the call. Is 0 the success return?
 
Then I must admit I'm stumped. "to" doesn't alias "from" I suppose?
 
I'd also wonder if somehow the C++ compiler has invoked the on destruct
code, and closed the file.

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Lew Pitcher
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