Command to copy a file 1

[ascht]

What's the command for copying files?
I want to backup a file by the copy command before i write the new one.

Andrew

 

[SirShahzad]

<1> you want to copy your source files for backup
A--> press the given comination of keys [Alt] + [F] + [A]
[Alt] for Alter, [F] for File &amp; [A] for Save as
and then give a new name for file.

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<2> you want to save a backup file with the help of operating systems
[you did'nt mention the operating system, please mention it.]

 

[Insider1984]

I think he means that he wants to copy a file that his program is about to write to.

For example if I want to copy a .BMP image before I read it and change it to Greyscale.... How would you do that?

AKA C:\Temp\Hello.bmp --> C:\Temp\Hello_bk.bmp

Can I do this without reading and then writing the file again in Visual C Studio 6

 

[ascht]

One way I found is by a system call to the shell:
spawn(...)
or
system( &quot;copy mypic.bmp mypic.bak&quot; );