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Xcopy in Batch file
Name: Renaissance Man Date: June 20, 2007 at 03:49:25 Pacific OS: DOS CPU/Ram: PIII/256 Product: Dell
Comment:
I'm rusty.
Trying to xcopy one file over another in the same directory, and I keep getting "Is this a directory or a file" message. How can I avoid or answer this in a batch file? I thought it wasn't supposed to ask this unless there were multiple files involved.
Does it make any difference if I first delete the original file and copy a new file in it's place or if I just overwrite it?
This is the actual line (split for clarity): xcopy /y c:\windows\applic~1\mozilla\firefox\profiles\8t7enr~1.def\gdcookie.txt c:\windows\applic~1\mozilla\firefox\profiles\8t7enr~1.def\cookies.txt
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