print copy source and destination

drodinthe559 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Does anyone know how to print source and destination in a print command?

    copy($source, $targetdir1) or die "Copy Failed: $!";
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Is it this?

print     copy($source, $targetdir1) or die "Copy Failed: $!";
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Thanks, Dave

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Re: print copy source and destination by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 01, 2008 at 22:52 UTC
Do you mean: `print "Source: $source. Target: $targetdir1\n";` [download] Perl reduces RSI - it saves typing	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: print copy source and destination by drodinthe559 (Monk) on Oct 01, 2008 at 23:05 UTC
I thought there is a way to put the print command directly into the copy command, but I could be wrong. I thought someone should me how to do that.	[reply]
Re^3: print copy source and destination by GrandFather (Saint) on Oct 01, 2008 at 23:13 UTC
What do you actually want printed? Print and copy are orthogonal operations - I don't understand how it makes sense to "put the print command directly into the copy command" unless you mean to modify the copy sub to print its parameters. if you want a modified copy sub you could: `sub myCopy { my ($source, $target) = @_; print "Copying from $source to $target\n"); return © }` [download] Perl reduces RSI - it saves typing	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: print copy source and destination by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 01, 2008 at 23:31 UTC
Re^5: print copy source and destination by Jenda (Abbot) on Oct 02, 2008 at 02:00 UTC
Re: print copy source and destination by chrism01 (Friar) on Oct 02, 2008 at 06:25 UTC
Perhaps you mean this: copy($source, $targetdir1) or die "Copy $source to $targetdir1 Failed: $!\n";	[reply]
Re^2: print copy source and destination by drodinthe559 (Monk) on Oct 02, 2008 at 22:44 UTC
I thought it was like the example I gave above, but I could be wrong. I just stick with what the consensus is providing as a solution.	[reply]
Re: print copy source and destination by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 01, 2008 at 23:29 UTC
Is it this? Surely, trying it out yourself would give you an answer quicker than asking it on Perlmonks?	[reply]