Using XCOPY

[William B. Lurie]

In using XCOPY C:\a\b\c\d..... etcetera etcetera .....
is there a limit as to how many subfolders deep
it can work? For example, to be specific,
Will it object to

XCOPY C:\temp\temp1\temp2\temp3\temp4\temp5\temp6\temp7\temp8 D:\

Thanks....

 

[Rick Merrill]

In using XCOPY C:\a\b\c\d..... etcetera etcetera .....
is there a limit as to how many subfolders deep
it can work? For example, to be specific,
Will it object to

XCOPY C:\temp\temp1\temp2\temp3\temp4\temp5\temp6\temp7\temp8 D:\

Thanks....

I think total string length must be less than 127 bytes.

 

[William B. Lurie]

I think total string length must be less than 127 bytes.

Thank you, Rick. I'll ask in a Microsoft group as to
detailed instructions. I didn't see it in the explanation
of the /modifiers.

 

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

In using XCOPY C:\a\b\c\d..... etcetera etcetera .....
is there a limit as to how many subfolders deep
it can work? For example, to be specific,
Will it object to

XCOPY C:\temp\temp1\temp2\temp3\temp4\temp5\temp6\temp7\temp8 D:\

Thanks....

What prevents you from trying it to see what happens?

 

[Mike Hall]

William

Take a look at this page.. it shows which switch is used to copy
subfolders..

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289483

Mike

 

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

Thank you, Rick. I'll ask in a Microsoft group as to
detailed instructions. I didn't see it in the explanation
of the /modifiers.

The command line string may include up to 8191 characters in XP--see the
following KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830473

 

[William B. Lurie]

The command line string may include up to 8191 characters in XP--see the
following KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830473

Thank you, Ray and Mike for the referrals.
I needed that assurance, although making it function
is still up to the actual operator....

 

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

William

Take a look at this page.. it shows which switch is used to copy
subfolders..

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=289483

Mike

A better source is the XP Help and Support. There have been a few changes
with the XP command line. Just type xcopy in H&S.

 

[David Candy]

Here you go again wasting bandwidth. Lets look at your decietful behaviour.

1. You give a false example.

2. You aren't mentioning you are looking at XCopy because you are too stupid to back up mail files. You can't be helped on your mail files because you are too stupid to say what you are doing. You prefer to start pointless threads as there is no information only idiots answer (re several idiots talking about SP2 as if it matters and third party burning when itr's OPERATOR ERROR AND STUPIDITY.

 

[William B. Lurie]

Here you go again wasting bandwidth. Lets look at your decietful behaviour.

1. You give a false example.

2. You aren't mentioning you are looking at XCopy because you are too stupid to back up mail files. You can't be helped on your mail files because you are too stupid to say what you are doing. You prefer to start pointless threads as there is no information only idiots answer (re several idiots talking about SP2 as if it matters and third party burning when itr's OPERATOR ERROR AND STUPIDITY.

Last message...honest:

My credentials are that I had an I.Q. of 189 in the days
when those tests meant anything, and graduated from
Yale when I was 18...... I'll match my stupidity aginst
yours, sight unseen, David. Try being helpful instead
of snotty.

 

[Raymond J. Johnson Jr.]

stupid to back up mail files. You can't be helped on your mail files because
you are too stupid to say what you are doing. You prefer to start pointless
threads as there is no information only idiots answer (re several idiots
talking about SP2 as if it matters and third party burning when itr's
OPERATOR ERROR AND STUPIDITY.

Last message...honest:

My credentials are that I had an I.Q. of 189 in the days
when those tests meant anything, and graduated from
Yale when I was 18...... I'll match my stupidity aginst
yours, sight unseen, David. Try being helpful instead
of snotty.

Not that I necessarily want to get in the middle of anything here, but I
have a relative who graduated from law school while still in his teens, was
a college president in his early twenties, and was dead from an overdose of
an opiate before he was thirty. Our current president is also a Yale grad,
so that doesn't seem to be much of a recommendation either.

 

[Mike Hall]

Will remember that.. ty

A better source is the XP Help and Support. There have been a few changes
with the XP command line. Just type xcopy in H&S.