xcopy is a Windows command to copy all files, directories, and subdirectories from a specified path to a target directory
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How to overwrite files with names starting from nl_ with sp_
I have folder A and B. Folder A has files like: a.mp3 and a.txt and folder B has: b.mp3 and b.txt. What I want to do here is copy and rename the content of the folder A to B so that the files can be overwritten.
Here is an example code on how to…
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To copy entire subfiles to other (only one) folder without path in windows platform
I did lots of search however i couldnt achieve what i want to do :
I have a folder which contains lots of folders and files under it. I just want to copy entire JPEG files in this folder to another folder without copying previous path tree.
I used…
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How to copy to a folder on a Sunday but delete on every other day?
How can I move/copy a file from D:\WindowsImageBackup\ to D:\Included\ if it's a Sunday or delete D:\Included\ if it's any other day?
The scenario is: An automatic backup to a remote server runs once a day. I want a certain file to be backed up only…
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Copy file as another name if file exist
I want to copy specific file from pc to usb
my code :
xcopy /H /Y /C /R "C:\image1.jpeg" "G:\backup\image.jpeg"
i want to do following :
if G:\backup\image1.jpeg exist, copy image.jpeg as image2.jpeg (or as another name),
if image2.jpeg exist,…
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Windows Embedded Standard 7 thin client - copying files over the network with a batch file
Is this possible to copy files from a network location with a batch file over to a thin client running Windows Embedded Standard 7.
COPY command won't work, and when I try to navigate to a network location in a Windows Explorer, I get prompted to…
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Copying files between servers SQL Job
I have a SQL job that I would like to copy files in a directory out to a directory on another server. Here is the CMD that I am running
xcopy \DB1\TEST*.* \DB2\foo /S /Y
And I get this error
Executed as user: DOMAIN\SA$. File not found - . 0…
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Batch command to not copy a file if exists and then to delete the file
I am trying to create a batch file that will Copy files from say d:\temp to c:\temp and if the file already exists on c:\temp to actually delete it from c:\temp, do not attempt to copy that file and continue copying remaining files. Repeat if exists…
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Team City Post Build Event Causing Team City Build To Fail
I have a visual studio 2010 project which has a command to copy files. It works fine on my machine but it is causing the build on Team City to fail.
I tried to create the bin folder as advised by this discussion…
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Using xcopy to backup to networked hard drive?
I'm wanting to create a batch file that will back up my computer. This is what I have right now:
@echo off
:: variables
net use U:\\...more stuff...
set drive=U:\
set backupcmd=xcopy /s /c /d /e /i /r /y
echo ### Backing up My…
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A Windows batch file to c:\*.pst and copy them to a network drive without files with a duplicate name overwriting each other
My end users have Outlook pst files scattered all over their c drive. I came up with this batch file to find them and copy them to the end user's M drive.
rem **************************************************
@echo off
if not exist m:\migration…
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How to use xcopy to select specific folders(Not Files) within another folder
I am trying to xcopy specific folders from some directory to another folder, problem is i don't want to copy all the folders but i want specific folders. E.g. DirectorySource has folders (folderA,folderB,folderC) but i want to copy folderA and…
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XCOPY Dos Command copy from child folder
I have a C++ Program that uses the XCOPY DOS command to copy some files.
string command = "xcopy " + source + " " + dest;
const char * cmd = command.c_str();
system(cmd);
My problem is that this only works when the source file is in the same…
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VS2008 Build Error with xcopy
A .NET project I've worked on, has encountered a build error recently. The project had no issues building previously, and this error persists over several development machines I've tried. I've seen similar, but not identical posts in my search,…
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How to use XCopy in a build script instead of copy in Windows
Earlier to deploy my dot-net project into my remote server I was using copy command in a nant build configuration file. The command is shown below.
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NANT copy all files with similar name
I am converting an existing batch script into a nant script.
the batch file originally made this call, which appears to copy all files with the same prefix to a directory.
xcopy /y /s "paths\name*.exe" Directory\
I know how to copy a folder tree in…
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