Copy Files with exact Structure into another Directory using XCopy

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Think I want to copy this file C:\Majid\File\text.txt to D:\Copied (C:\Majid\File\text.txt ---> D:\Copied)

I want to use Xcopy to copy that file with its full directory into D:\Copied, then I should have something like this ---> D:\Copied\Majid\File\text.txt , as you see the drive letter is removed and all of other directory is created in destination directory.

How can I do this action by XCopy?

are you planning to execute this command manually from the console or from a program you made yourself? Which language? If manually execution this does not belong here in SO! — Davide Piras, Sep 05 '11 at 06:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 29 '15 at 15:56

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this one was good for me

xcopy $(SolutionDir)Libs\YourFolder\* $(TargetDir)YourFolder /s /i /r

source

answered Aug 29 '15 at 15:56

Wahid Bitar

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 05 '11 at 06:18

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see this:

XCOPY COMMAND

... Syntax xcopy Source [Destination] [/w] [/p] [/c] [/v] [/q] [/f] [/l] [/g] [/d[:mm-dd-yyyy]] [/u] [/i] [/s [/e]] [/t] [/k] [/r] [/h] [{/a|/m}] [/n] [/o] [/x] [/exclude:file1[+[file2]][+[file3]] [{/y|/-y}] [/z] ...

what you will find interesting in that page is this:

/s : Copies directories and subdirectories, unless they are empty. If you omit /s, xcopy works within a single directory.

answered Sep 05 '11 at 06:18

Davide Piras

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Hi Davide, I have an application which monitors a directory for new files, after that you can execute an application for those files, I want to use Xcopy for it. /s command will not work. Imagine my file is C:\Majid\Text.txt, If I use /s it only copy text.txt and won' create Majid folder on destination folder. What should I do? – Inside Man Sep 05 '11 at 06:36

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 08 '12 at 23:38

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set sourceFolder="C:\test\new folder\text.txt"
set destinationFolder=%sourceFolder:~3,-1%
echo %destinationFolder%

xcopy %sourceFolder%  "D:\xcopied%destinationFolder%"

Something like that could work. Remove the first few characters of the source ("C:"), then add the characters for the destination folder ("D:\xcopied").

answered Jan 08 '12 at 23:38

daniel

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Hi daniel, Nice Answer, But it will ask a question while executing.It will ask the target directory is a file name or directory, and I should enter F or D. I do not want to se this message and set its default option to D. How to that Daniel? Thanks For your Nice answer again :) – Inside Man Jan 11 '12 at 14:42

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '17 at 05:12

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Here it is:

set sourceFolder="C:\Users\User\Desktop\34\*"
set destinationFolder=%sourceFolder:~3,-1%

xcopy %sourceFolder%  "D:\xcopied%destinationFolder%" /s /i /r

based on @daniel and @WahidBitar answers. Thank you men ;)

answered May 07 '17 at 05:12

Inside Man

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered May 06 '13 at 08:26

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try something like this:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start
("XCOPY.EXE", "/E /I /Y " + filename + " " 
+ pfadauswahl + "Backup\\" + dt.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd") 
+ "\\UserData\\" + File_Name + "* ");

with the star at the end of the line, i got rid of the question if its either a file or a dir.. since you didn't specify anything on how you want to use it... here is the solution for c#

answered May 06 '13 at 08:26

incubuzz1978

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The question is about XCopy from the command line. It asks nothing about C# or `Process.Start`, and your answer is full of variables and function calls that mean nothing from the command line. I'm not sure how this is supposed to answer the question asked here. – Ken White Sep 26 '13 at 16:19

Copy Files with exact Structure into another Directory using XCopy

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