Need a copy script

[Print Guy]

I need to be able to run a dos batch job which will copy the contents
of one directory to another without prompting me for overwritting. I
want this is a DOS batch job so that I can make it a schedulled task
under XP. This will give me the ability to copy the contents of a
project folder from my working machine to the machine where I store it.
Would anyone have something like this lying around that they are
willing to share?

 

[John John]

To suppress the overwrite prompt use the SET command and the COPYCMD
environment variable before the copy command in your batch file.

SET COPYCMD=/Y

Or use the /y switch in the command syntax. You can use copy or xcopy
to copy the files. Use the /? switch for help on the commeands, ie:

copy /?

xcopy /?

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John

Ps. If lots of files to copy robocopy might be better.

 

[Kerry Brown]

I need to be able to run a dos batch job which will copy the contents
of one directory to another without prompting me for overwritting. I
want this is a DOS batch job so that I can make it a schedulled task
under XP. This will give me the ability to copy the contents of a
project folder from my working machine to the machine where I store
it. Would anyone have something like this lying around that they are
willing to share?

Take a look at the xcopy command. Look it up in Help and Support or open a
cmd prompt and type xcopy /?

something like this should work:

xcopy x:\source_path\*.* x:\destination_path /y

Personally I'd do some error checking and possibly delete the files in the
destination before copying.