Questions tagged [xcopy]
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Receiving an Error when Copying file over
I have a script that i run against 1K systems. In the script I copy a file over to the systems' temp folder. 1 or 2 systems out of 1K systems return an error of "Invalid drive specification" when I ...
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Properly expand copied file names using XCOPY
I've made a batch script that is set to copy all .cpp files from a location I have set. It can copy the files and retain the folder structure, but it isn't expanding the copied file names properly. I ...
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Robocopy Hangs / Gets Stuck - Move to Next File Command/Timer?
I have an issue when I utilize Robocopy. I have a fairly homogeneous directory and I am trying to move it from one drive to another. The drive where the files reside must be corrupted. I would ideally ...
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Xcopy jpg files from subfolders of "%~dp0" using wildcard
I have one folder on my desktop Test, and in this folder I have two folders, WorkingFolder\Bilder and Station 1. So the structure looks like this:
Test\WorkingFolder\Bilder
Test\Station 1
Within ...
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Taking backup of files using XCOPY
I have a file_list where the paths of the source files are saved.
ex:
file_list
-c:\SAY\hello\world.txt
-c:\SAY\hello\New\file.txt
Using for loop i tried copying the files which are in the ...
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How to copy entire folders/directories in command prompt?
My laptop isn’t booting, so I’m running a Windows ISO off a DVD and attempting to backup some files to an external hard drive plugged into the USB via Command Prompt.
With command prompt I can enter ...
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Copy files from one folder to another using a pattern based on input file in Windows
I need some help using for and xcopy to move files from one folder to another based on an input text file. What I need help with is matching files based on a pattern.
My input file looks like this: ...
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Can't Copy To Network Drive Using XCopy
I'd like to copy the contents of D:\Documents (a folder on a local hard-drive) to Z:\Documents (a folder mapped to a NAS device).
xcopy.exe D:\Documents Z:\Documents /d /s /y
/d - copies all Source ...
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Does appending (merging) files together work with XCOPY?
I want to merge multiple (text) files having the same prefix into a single file. This task is part of a whole batch (in VBScript) but due to performance expectations, I'm more likely to use a native ...
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Copying files based on creation/modified date
I have a question about backing up files from the command line. We have a shared folder (stored on one of the computers) in the office containing several thousand files and subfolders. Until now, I've ...
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How to generate a logfile using xcopy with task Scheduler - no bat file
I'm updating some files every day with task scheduler using xcopy. My syntax is
xcopy "\\networkFolder...\" "c:\folder" /D /Y /E /I > c:\users\name\desktop\logfolder\log.txt
It works perfectly ...
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Moving files to FTP in batch file and delete source files
I need to create batch script for copy files from PC to FTP server. After copy - delete all files from source. And in destination directory overwrite all existing files.
I found many solutions, but I ...
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Folder Size after copy way too big
I have been trying to copy the DESKTOP folder of a User for backup purposes, but once it finishes its way to big.
Source folder size is 21.0GB on properties (55k files)
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Copy files with full relative path in Windows
I have a large set of files (45,000+) in a pretty complex folder structure. I extracted a subset of ~13,000 files and their paths (relative to the root folder) that I want to copy with the original ...
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Xcopy a whole folder [with all in it] ...BUT, how do I make Xcopy create a different folder every time or ask to create a new or overwrite?
I explain.
I have this short .bat file to copy a 'folder' with all contents and it does create the folder named Source_folder with all contents.
When I re-run it, Xcopy obviously find that folder ...
