Hi all,

I'm trying to use the xcopy command in a batch file and for some reason it wont work ;-/

this is what I have in the batch file

xcopy "x:\Some Dir1\Sub Dir1\Sub Dir1\Sub Dir1\Dir1\Day-DD-MM-YYYY-XXX_Archive_File.001.Z" "x:\Some Dir1\Sub Dir1\Sub Dir1\Sub Dir2\Dir2"

Unfortunately all the directories have spaces in the names so I have to use the quotation marks.

If I type that into the command line it works but it also opens the file in Winzip, which isn't wants meant to happen??

Can anyone help?

Hi,

'Won't work' means that it does not do the copy?

If so, any error msg?

the problem seemed to be connected to the network I was running it over yesterday.

Back in the office the copying works fine however I then run into another problem...what I can only think is 'Time'

I use the copy instead of xcopy and this is what I have so far.
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copy "o:\team folders\support teams\opps supp\knowledge Engineer\transcripts\Mon-??-??-????-WSS_Transcript_Log.001.Z" "c:\temp\self service\wss
kb\Mon-??-??-????-WSS_Transcript_Log.001.Z"
gzip -d "c:\temp\self service\wss kb\Mon-??-??-????-WSS_Transcript_Log.001.Z" "c:\temp\self service\wss kb"
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When I say the problem is time, I think this because when gzip tries to run but fails saying it can't find the file, but the file is copied over?? How can I make sure that gzip only runs after the file has been completely copied?

Hi,

With paths that long, it's a wonder anything works.

But to answer your question, if you know about how long the copy takes, use CHOICE.COM from 98se [works in 2k] and delay the batch long enough for the file to be copied and be available to gzip. Nickey-nouse, but effective.

Or, do:

if exist o:\filename.ext do gzip [blah blah]

M2

Mechanix2Go@Golden-Triangle.com

I couldn't find the choice.com file on the system si I'm gonna have to look at the IF option although I'm not to sure of this so any examples anyone might have would be nice?

I'm also looking into using the AT cpmmand but I\m unsure if this will work if I'm not logged into the PC?

ah yeah the reason why I'm not sure if it will work if I'm not logged in is because of the mapped drives and access to them without valid user details...guess that\s more to do with Windows permissions rather than programing / scripting

Hi,

Yes. Access to a mapped drive is a separate issue.

Send me an email and I'll send you a delay utility.

M2

Mechanix2Go@Golden-Triangle.com

nice one : Mechanix2Go

I can't get the AT command to work (o anything even logged in as admin?)

I also found a Win2k version of SCHTASKS that I might try but most of the systems are still WinNT (soon to be upgraded) so this doesn't help to much at the mo...