Questions tagged [xcopy]
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Suspiciously fast XCOPY on 2nd CD
I'm checking the integrity of my 'Old projects' CDs/DVDs with XCOPY *.* /s to my hard disk.
I have two copies of each CD/DVD, so the first copy goes to Folder1, the second to Folder2, and then I ...
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What is causing the xcopy file from having an error in it?
I am new to xcopy. I am trying to move a file that is in excel format to a new destination and as a csv file. I have to do this so that the DMExpress ETL job can move the file and then read it. This ...
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Copy several files listed in a text file to a new folder when list file contain different paths
I would like to copy several files (with different paths) in one folder.
I tried this solution explained here page of example on stackexchange
but when I run the file (I choosed .bat file) I have &...
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RoboCopy slower than Xcopy? (Windows 10)
I'd been using xcopy in a backup script but every so often xcopy would fail with "insufficient memory" when a pathname would sneak into the backup set that exceeded 254 characters. Lots of ...
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How to use xcopy to copy files from a compressed NTFS folder to the root of a FAT32 volume?
I am having problems using XCOPY to copy folders and files from a compressed NTFS folder to the root of a FAT32 volume (actually a USB drive).
This looks like a Windows or Xcopy bug to me. The command ...
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Is my batch script to replace program files on startup with rmdir and xcopy not working properly?
I'm trying to work my way around a program that's giving me some problems.
It has to fire up every day and do it's thing, but rarely does - losing data and breaking very frequently.
So to counter this,...
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How to use xcopy with /exclude in a network path with spaces?
I want to use xcopy on a network path. I actually do.
The problem is that I wanted to use an /exclude option. But the file would be in a network path. But the network path has spaces (s:\my path).
So ...
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Is it possible to make XCOPY only copy the files from a source if they are older than the ones in the destination?
Is it possible to make a batch script only XCOPY the files from a source if they are older than the ones in the destination? I'm trying to archive Roblox versions. I tried /D, but that just makes it ...
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Does the xcopy command on Windows provide a safe means of backing up data?
I recently backed up the data on my computer, using the xcopy command. I briefly looked through some of my backup files and directories, and they looked the same as the originals. However, I ...
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xcopy only newest file to a subdirectoy
I have a batch file that runs when I build my solution in VS2019. The .bat file uses xcopy to copy .dlls from my project's Debug folder to another destination direction.
I want to use xcopy to copy ...
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Is there Windows copy command that mimic Unix `cp -r` behavior?
I don't know how to name this behavior vividly, just call it loyalcopy.
Two figures will illustrate it clearly.
I'd like to issue two commands to copy two filesystem nodes (regardless it is a file ...
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Purpose of xcopy over robocopy
From what I've found online, robocopy seems to be xcopy with more features; are there any scenarios where someone would want to use xcopy over robocopy?
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Change extension for all files in a folder & its subfolder
I am using XCOPY the following successfully copies the entire contents of
\MY SKETCHES 2021 to \My Sketches (TEXT).
This is my command:
xcopy C:\Users\terry\Dropbox\Electronics\Arduino\SKETCHES\My ...
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Batch file not getting the first 5 characters in drop file filename
I created a simple batch file that copies drop file in specific folder. This my batch script:
rem This will create a BACK-UP DATA Folder in Desktop
rem with a SUB-FOLDER which filename must be the ...
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for command does not allow move or xcopy command to move/copy the folder only the contents
have looked on this forum for several examples, started off with xcopy ( not allowing wildcards in the folder name ), wanted to pipe the dir command to either xopy or move but require the dir ...
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Invalid drive specification - Xcopy with long path names - \\?\C:\Some\Really\Long\Path
I'm unable to use the above mentioned convention.
The command that I'm using:
Xcopy \\?\c:\108 \\?\c:\108_2 /e /h /r /y
An error invalid drive specification is received. What am I missing
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copy folders and content to a external drive
i have this
for /F "delims=" %%a IN ('dir /b /s /ad "*"') DO ( FOR /F %%c IN ('dir /b/s "%%a\*.txt" ^') DO XCOPY "%%a" "J:\" )
but it only moves the ...
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XCOPY file verification fails on a symbolic link but diff shows now difference between files
I'm performing an xcopy backup of a disk on Windows using the following command line:
xcopy "d:\" "r:\" /v /h /k /e /b /d
I know that the verify switch doesn't do much but a file ...
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copy big file to multiple locations at the same time
I am trying to use a CMD command prompt to copy a big file (1.5G) from one location to multiple destinations at the same time. Is there a way to do this using COPY/XCOPY etc? I haven't been able to ...
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Copy files except when destination modified in last x days
I think what I am trying to do is simple, but I can't get the robocopy settings right, as I am trying to copy files from src to dest, over-writing files in dest if they already exist, except if ...
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Does XCOPY leave credentials cached in LSASS?
When using XCOPY to copy files to a remote machine, are your credentials used to connect to the remote machine cached in the LSASS of that machine?
I am trying to avoid leaving any credentials ...
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How rename files copied via Robocopy if it exist but with different modify date
I'm using Robocopy to copy files from a folder to another, i think my code will overwrite the file if it was existing on the destination folder and the timestamp was different, what im trying to do is ...
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How to schedule a backup for only the new added files?
I'm a Windows user and wondering: how can I do a backup for the files on a specific folder if the files are not older than x days? Or to backup only the newly added/modified files without doing a full ...
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xcopy only working if I use /F to display full filenames
I was initially just using copy but I got this output:
C:\repos\AutomatedBuildTesting (master -> origin)
(2020-09-18 8:49:01.12) λ copy ".hooks/*" ".git/hooks/*"
commit-msg
The ...
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XCOPY only files from a parent folder and from all its subforlders to a new folder in Windows?
I was searching a lot of times how to copy all the files of different extensions from a folder and all its subfolders to a new folder without copying the folders itself using Batch File. I mean ONLY ...
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What's going on with xcopy /d
What exactly is under the hood of the /d flag? what is the code doing? Reason I'm asking is that I can't tell definitively if /d is reading the entire file from source or just some header. Thank you!
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xcopy in task scheduler ends with error 4
I created a task in task scheduler to copy a specific file to a server each midnight. When I run the command normally in command line it works fine, but the task always ends with exit code 4 and the ...
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How to predefine file/directory parameter to xcopy
I need to run xcopy command. But when I type it with all parameters:
xcopy \\<server>.<domain>.com\c$\Users\<user>\Documents\New_ADuser_mustang.ps1 C:\IAM\New_ADuser_mustang.ps1 /C /...
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Batch file with xcopy runs correctly called from cmd but not with double click
I'm testing a solution for a user getting access denied when running a scheduled backup batch script or by double-clicking it.
I've noticed I have the same issue for a simple xcopy call. Specifically,...
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xcopy.exe exists in every Windows system?
Can I be sure that xcopy.exe exists in every Windows system (7+) and that it can always be found in the system PATH (e.g. C:\windows\system32)?
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