Security & Virus | Hardware | Windows XP | Windows Vista | PC Gaming

xcopy file size limit?

Comment:

Does anyone know of a file size limit using xcopy? I have a file that is 600mb I am wanting to xcopy to a folder then put it into a zip...

Name: wizard-fred
Date: April 5, 2005 at 13:16:03 Pacific

Reply:

You don't have to copy the file before you zip it. You can have the source and destination in different partitions/drives. Are you having a problem xcopying?

0

Name: Mechanix2Go
Date: April 6, 2005 at 01:03:29 Pacific

Reply:

I just xcopied a 1.2GB file in w2k. What this has to do with DOS is anybody's guess. If the question is about DOS xcopy, it may depend on the version. M2 If at first you don't succeed, you're about average.

0

Non-System Disk or Disk E...

Fast way to transfer tons...

Post Locked

This post is quite old and has been locked from receiving new replies. Please create a new posting instead.

Summary: Does anyone know how I can get a file size into a variable in a DOS batch file? I need to test for a 0 byte file....

Summary: I downloaded the most recent definition files for FProt, but the file has become large enough that even the zipped file is 1.6MB. My DOS computer is not connected to the net yet, so I have to transfer...

Summary: This should do it, elmoso: for %%F in (C:\DOCUME~1\ALLUSE~1\DESKTOP\3Melk.log) do echo %%~zF bytes It will display the file size in bytes. You may do this to display it in KB: for %%F in (C:\DOCUME~1\...