filecpy.cpp

/* ---------------------------------------
 * File: filecpy.cpp
 * Usage: ./filecpy source destination 
 * ---------------------------------------
 * Function: Copies the source file to
 * the new file specified by the path
 * called destination. The program 
 * creates the new file and then copies 
 * the contents of source to it. 
 * _______________________________________
*/

/* INCLUDES */
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <cstring>


/* NAMESPACE FUNCTIONS */
// namespace to allow "free" usage of cout
using std::cout;


//main
int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {

	// character for reading and writing
	char c;
 	
 	// first determine that the file paths are usable
 	ifstream source;
 	ofstream dest;

 	// opens the source file and checks for errors
 	source.open(argv[1]);
 	if (source.fail()) {
 		cout << "FATAL: Could not open source file." << endl;
 		return 1;
 	}

 	// opens dest file and checks for errors
 	dest.open(argv[2]);
 	if (dest.fail()) {
 		cout << "FATAL: Could not open destination file." << endl;
 		return 2;
 	}

 	// start reading characters and writing them to dest
 	while (!source.fail() && source.get(c)) {
 		dest << c;
 	}

 	// closes files 
 	source.close();
 	dest.close();

 	return 0;
 }