I know this has to be simple. All I want to do is copy a file from one directory to another. What am I missing here? [image]

Hi @kiknchikn2060 File.Copy expecting file path with its extension. Are you looking to overwrite also? Here is an example: C:\Test\Copy.rvt -> File C:\DestinationFolder\Copy.rvt -> DestinationPath Boolean -> If you need to overwrite

@Kulkul Yes. I am wanting to overwrite. When you say extension, do I need to add another node? Does the file path not include the extension?

That’s it. It blows my mind how I was on the right track. Dynamo seems to hate anything you don’t type in manually.

[image] kiknchikn2060: Dynamo seems to hate anything you don’t type in manually. @kiknchikn2060 It works without typing manually. You just have to specify the file with its extension. [image]

@Kulkul First I want to thank you for taking the time to help me out. Apparently I just have bad luck. When I first tried with the file.copy node, I did specify the extension. The second file path node doesn’t show it, but I know it there because I simply copied the first file path node and changed…

After 1,5 year, I might have an answer for you, if you hadn’t found out about it that is. If you were to convert the output of the File Path node into a string, nodes more easily accept it, especially when it concerns reading/writing data from different disks. Do beware of the fact that spaces will…

This makes no sense, why do I have to specify each individual file name and extension in the destination Path… They just had to complicate things for nothing.

Not necessarily true, but without seeing. What you are actually up to I can’t say. As this thread is almost seven years old beat to start a new topic with your use case.

File.Copy node issues

Kulkul March 7, 2017, 7:16pm 6

@kiknchikn2060 It works without typing manually. You just have to specify the file with its extension.

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