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Name: fallon
Date: September 16, 2003 at 19:51:43 Pacific
OS: xp
CPU/Ram: P4-533/512
Comment:

Can someone tell me how I can copy a folder and/or a file in xcopy? If you could respond with the correct command then I can cut and paste it in.

Thanks, I'm having a very hard time trying to get at my old files on a slave drive.


Here's what I need to do:

Copy the folder:

E:\My Documents\animation demo

to

C:\anim demo

OR do I need to transfer one file at a time?

Then I'd need (as one eg.) to copy:


E:\My Documents\animation demo\my_turn.wav

to

C:\anim demo

Is xcopy case-sensitive? If you are copying from MY DOCUMENTS do you still include the space between MY and DOCUMENTS or do you make it all one word?

Confused, but learning.

Thanks

Fall



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Response Number 1
Name: ok
Date: September 16, 2003 at 19:54:34 Pacific
Reply:

at C:\anim demo
type xcopy E:\My Documents\animation demo
then press enter.


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Response Number 2
Name: more info
Date: September 16, 2003 at 20:01:19 Pacific
Reply:

and to do so open a command prompt-start-run type in cmd-click ok
then at c:\ type cd\anim demo
press enter
then at c:\anim demo
type
xcopy E:\My Documents\animation demo
press enter.


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Response Number 3
Name: Fallon
Date: September 17, 2003 at 00:47:07 Pacific
Reply:

"Invalid number of parameters" is the error I get when I do this.

Crap. Am I screwed?

Thanks

Fall


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Response Number 4
Name: Fallon
Date: September 17, 2003 at 00:48:11 Pacific
Reply:

should say "I did run xcopy", the error I got was the parameter error.

shoot.

Falloon


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Response Number 5
Name: peeved
Date: September 17, 2003 at 03:23:32 Pacific
Reply:

fallon,

Just maybe, this page might give some insight.

Good Luck


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Response Number 6
Name: spoonbill
Date: September 17, 2003 at 05:02:42 Pacific
Reply:

Fallon -

Hey is that you LEEF?



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