xcopy does not copy subdirectories

[Steve Cohen]

I enter "xcopy c:\mydocs d:\mydocs /s" and the sub directories do not copy.
This used to work.

Steve

 

[Shenan Stanley]

I enter "xcopy c:\mydocs d:\mydocs /s" and the sub directories do
not copy. This used to work.

Should still..

What does:

xcopy "c:\mydocs\*.*" "d:\mydocs" /E /C /H /R /Y

do for you?

 

[Steve Cohen]

Shenan,

Thanks for the tip. It was the /H which I added and all is OK. For some
reason xcopy didn't go on to subdirectories if it found a hidden or system
file. I had some thumbs.db files that were system files.

Do you know why this is?

Steve

 

[Steve Cohen]

This was all due to user error.

All of the sub folders in My Docs were hidden. I don't know how this could
have happened since I created them myself. Oh well, sorry for the stupidity.

Steve