xcopy line needed - help!

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fallon

Can someone tell me how I can copy a folder and/or a file
in xcopy? If you could respond with the correct command
then I can cut and paste it in.

Thanks, I'm having a very hard time trying to get at my
old files on a slave drive.


Here's what I need to do:

Copy the folder:

E:\My Documents\animation demo

to

C:\anim demo



OR do I need to transfer one file at a time?

Then I'd need (as one eg.) to copy:


E:\My Documents\animation demo\my_turn.wav

to

C:\anim demo



Is xcopy case-sensitive? If you are copying from MY
DOCUMENTS do you still include the space between MY and
DOCUMENTS or do you make it all one word?

Confused, but learning.

Thanks

Fall
 
fallon said:
Can someone tell me how I can copy a folder and/or a file
in xcopy? If you could respond with the correct command
then I can cut and paste it in.

Thanks, I'm having a very hard time trying to get at my
old files on a slave drive.


Here's what I need to do:

Copy the folder:

E:\My Documents\animation demo

to

C:\anim demo
Click to expand...

Can't you use Windows Explorer to do this job for you?

Open the folder E:\My Documents\animation demo
Select any file in the folder. Press Ctrl+A (= select all then
Ctrl+C (= copy selection)

Then open the folder C:\anim demo and press Ctrl+V to paste the
selected items into that folder.

Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
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"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
Hi Fallon,

If the path and name of the file or folder have spaces then you need to put
quotes around the whole thing.

XCOPY "C:\Folder with spaces\File name with spaces.txt" "D:\Other folder
with spaces\Other file with spaces.txt"
 
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