note 51048 added to function.copy

What the hell is "success" or "failure"? I relied upon a copy function to return an error in order to conditionally prevent consequent deletions of files supposedly copied but it let me down badly, with lots of data lost, and now by trial and error I am having to work out exactly what the logic of it is because the manual is inadequate. Strangely, it seems to be possible for the copy funtion to return a success without a file actually being created. ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.copy.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+51048 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51048&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51048&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51048&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51048&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+51048&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+51048&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php