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xcopy d:\th e:\th /s /i

The correct answer is: xcopy d:\th e:\th /s/e and then press Enter

Thanks to the brothers on floors 15 and 16. What's the difference between adding "i" and adding "e"?

[ Last edited by wangmeng052 on 2007-3-28 at 04:49 PM ]

Not adding "i" is to prompt for confirmation whether E:\TH is a directory or a file

Thank you very much. One more question, does the xcopy command exist in DOS entered from a 98 boot disk?

Originally posted by terse at 2007-3-28 02:40 AM:
xcopy /e /q /i /h /r /y c:\source folder d:\target folder
It works on my machine. XP2

What is the difference between adding Y and not adding Y? Thanks

Originally posted by terse at 2007-3-29 05:53 AM:
Not adding "i" is to prompt for confirmation whether E:\TH is a directory or a file

There is this command, but it does not support long file names, and many parameters that are valid under XP are invalid here.

None

The path must be complete. If it's incomplete, the copied and arranged ones will be chaotic.

xcopy /e /q /i /h /r /y c:\Source Folder d:\Target Folder
It can also work on my machine

The correct answer is: xcopy d:\th\*.* e:\th /s/e and then press Enter. If it still doesn't work, you can add a wildcard, which should work.

Copy files and directory trees.

XCOPY source ] ]


...]

source Specifies the file(s) to copy.
destination Specifies the location and/or name of new files.
/A Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
but doesn't change the attribute.
/M Copies only files with the archive attribute set,
and clears the archive attribute.
/D:m-d-y Copies files changed on or after the specified date.
If no date is given, copies only those files whose source
time is newer than the destination time.
/EXCLUDE:file1...
Specifies a list of files containing strings. Each string
must be in a separate line in the file. If any string matches the
absolute path of the file to be copied, that file will not be copied.
For example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude
all files under directory obj or files with the .obj extension.
/P Prompts before creating each destination file.
/S Copies directories and subdirectories, excluding empty ones.
/E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
Same as /S /E. Can be used to modify /T.
/V Verifies each new file.
/W Prompts you to press a key before copying.
/C Continues copying even if errors occur.
/I If destination doesn't exist and copying more than one file,
assumes destination is a directory.
/Q Does not display file names while copying.
/F Displays full source and destination file names while copying.
/L Displays files to be copied.
/G Allows copying unencrypted files to destinations that do not support encryption.
/H Also copies hidden and system files.
/R Overwrites read-only files.
/T Creates directory structure but does not copy files.
Does not include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes
empty directories and subdirectories.
/U Copies only files that already exist in destination.
/K Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy resets read-only attributes.
/N Copies using generated short names.
/O Copies file ownership and ACL information.
/X Copies file auditing settings (implies /O).
/Y Copies file auditing settings (implies /O).
Existing destination files.
/-Y Causes prompting to confirm overwriting an
existing destination file.
/Z Copies network files in restartable mode.

The command-line switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.

This is the XCOPY parameter under CMD. Some parameters like /I are not available in pure DOS, but /E is definitely there. The owner can refer to it and play around...