Subj : file_copy()
To   : Mortifis
From : Digital Man
Date : Sat Feb 29 2020 12:47 pm

  Re: file_copy()
  By: Mortifis to All on Sat Feb 29 2020 07:45 am

 > moding /sbbs/exec/load/openweathermap.js to copy the
 > /sbbs/temp/{response}.json file but it isn't working ...
 >
 > OpenWeatherMap.prototype.write_cache = function (endpoint, params, response)
 > {
 >     const hash = base64_encode(endpoint + JSON.stringify(params));
 >     cache_file = new File(system.temp_dir + 'openweathermap_' + hash +
 > '.json');
 >     cache_file.open('w');
 >     cache_file.write(JSON.stringify(response));
 >     cache_file.close();
 > --> file_copy(cache_file, '/sbbs/etrucker/' + 'owm.json');
 >     writeln('Copied '+cache_file + 'to /sbbs/etrucker.owm.json');
 > }
 >
 > the file_copy(cache_file, '/sbbs/etrucker/' + 'owm.json'); seems to error
 >
 > any ideas?

cache_file is a File object. The file_copy() method requires strings (filenames) for arguments.

So I think you want:
  file_copy(cache_file.name, '/sbbs/etrucker/owm.json');
instead.

Also, check the return value of file_copy() to see if the copy was successful or not.

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