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Originally posted by wingface at 2008-6-27 11:44:
copy %CurDir% * sm6b7e~1>nul 2>nul

Don't ask me why, use dir /x yourself and you'll know

Impressive, you can even discover something like this, respect

Originally posted by HAT at 2008-6-27 20:27:
Using the method in post #12, xcopy can operate on weird directories

It can operate on it, but whether with copy or xcopy, it still can't copy folders into sm.!!
So depressing~~

Originally posted by philon at 2008-6-28 04:13 PM:

It can operate on it, but whether with copy or xcopy, it still can't copy folders into sm.!!
So depressing~~

I tested it, it works.
Post your xcopy command so I can take a look.

Originally posted by HAT at 2008-6-28 16:18:

I tested it, it works.
Post your xcopy command so I can take a look.

Brother hat, take a look:
@echo off&mode con cols=50 lines=12
title Create or delete a private folder
if not exist sm..\nul (
md sm..\
color 5a&cls&echo.&echo The private folder has been created! Files will be put into the private folder...&ping/n 2 127.1>nul
echo Copying files...
xcopy %CurDir% * sm6b7e~1>nul 2>nul
) else (
rd /s/q sm..\
color 5e&cls&echo.&echo The private folder has been deleted!&ping/n 2 127.1>nul
)
color 5b&cls&echo.&echo Run it again to recreate or delete!&ping/n 2 127.1>nul

Look more carefully at xcopy help ^_^

/E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.

xcopy %CurDir% * sm6b7e~1/e>nul 2>nul
xcopy %CurDir% * sm6b7e~1/s/e>nul 2>nul
xcopy %CurDir% * sm6b7e~1/s/e/t>nul 2>nul
None of the above work!

Of course, if I specify the absolute path of the source files, it can copy all files and folders, but what I want is for it to copy all files and folders in the current directory. Does xcopy not recognize %CurDir%?

Brother HAT, are you still here? Please explain.

sm..\ is also in the current directory. You can't expect to copy a folder into itself, can you?

Cannot perform a cyclic copy

That's true too. Looks like the requirement I raised at the beginning can't be achieved.

Actually, copying sm..\ itself is meaningless. So is there any way to copy all the other folders except sm..\ into sm..\?
If so, what statements need to be added? I still hope brother HAT can help me out.

[ Last edited by philon on 2008-6-28 at 05:24 PM ]

xcopy only supports file exceptions, not folder exceptions. Think of some other way.

Add a fox loop to exclude sm..\, then use xcopy /i, maybe it can be done. Going to eat first, we'll discuss it again when I get back.