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xcopy batch help
Name: Tonto Date: August 9, 2004 at 03:55:41 Pacific OS: W2K CPU/Ram: P4/512
Comment:
I've written a batch file to copy certain folders from C to D drive but one particular one has me stumpted. Here is the example: xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\OLYMPUS\Camedia Master 4\Album\Digital photos" "D:\Digital Photos" S/D/I/Y The error message is - invalid number of parameters I've tried different number of permutations of the inverted commas but it still will not work. Can anyone provide me with a solution? Thanks in advance.
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: August 9, 2004 at 05:33:07 Pacific
Reply:
Hi,
I only jave two suggestions.
1. Add the trailing backslash, like this
xcopy "c:\doc\fold\"
2. Or the path is simply too long. In which case, you might make it work by changing directory to the souce folder before the xcopy. It's Mickey-Mouse, but it might help.
M2
Mechanix2Go@Golden-Triangle.com
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Response Number 2
Name: IVO Date: August 9, 2004 at 05:38:58 Pacific
Reply:
It seems to me you just badly wrote the command switches forgetting the leading slash before the "S", so replace with /S /D /I /Y.
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Response Number 3
Name: jboy Date: August 9, 2004 at 07:38:55 Pacific
Reply:
Yes - parameters are switches (even in Win2K)
I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime
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Response Number 4
Name: Tonto Date: August 9, 2004 at 14:30:25 Pacific
Reply:
Thank you all, especially IVO and jboy, it worked. I actually had the slash infront of the S for the other xcopy commands but inexplicably left it out for this one AND could not see it even though it was there staring me in the face. Thanks again.
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Response Number 5
Name: jboy Date: August 9, 2004 at 16:26:37 Pacific
Reply:
Sometime's the obvious is hard to see ; )
Command lines can be pretty fussy.
I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime
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