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10finch46   01-12-2009 at 04:12:06 AM

All of the batch files we are using in our windows scheduler work except the batch file below.

xcopy C:\Webs\zUpFtp.txt C:\Webs\UpFtp_Products\zProducts_%date:~4,2%-%date:~7,2%-%date:~10%.txt /y

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C:\Batch_Files>xcopy C:\Webs\zUpFtp.txt C:\Webs\UpFtp_Products\zProducts_01-11-2
009.txt /y
Does C:\Webs\UpFtp_Products\zProducts_01-11-2009.txt specify a file name
or directory name on the target
(F = file, D = directory)?

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Any suggestions at to how we can eliminate a manual [ F ]

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GreenMark   02-24-2009 at 09:45:31 PM
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xcopy copy does not know how you want to handle the destination. I would recommend you xcopy /? to display a list of switches. In your case your have two choices. If i remember correctly copy command use to copy 1file a time, xcopy however, can copy a whole folder plust subdir if correct switch is used

1. use copy command instead of xcopy
2. add /I switch right behind the /Y switch, this usually does the trick in copying the whole folder. I'm not specifically sure for file, but i bet it should silently/automatically copy it for you.

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grigorym   06-19-2009 at 01:12:53 PM
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GreenMark wrote :

xcopy copy does not know how you want to handle the destination. I would recommend you xcopy /? to display a list of switches. In your case your have two choices. If i remember correctly copy command use to copy 1file a time, xcopy however, can copy a whole folder plust subdir if correct switch is used

1. use copy command instead of xcopy
2. add /I switch right behind the /Y switch, this usually does the trick in copying the whole folder. I'm not specifically sure for file, but i bet it should silently/automatically copy it for you.



I managed to overcome that only by supplying that 'f' letter from the additional input file, as follows:

xcopy src dst < dummyf.txt

where dummyf.txt consists of a single letter 'f'

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Anonymous   11-11-2009 at 09:40:06 PM
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Hey guys,

I had to deal with a similar problem today and found this somewhere.


instead from a file "dummy.txt" you can echo 'f' - for file or 'd' for directory before the xcopy command using pipe symbol "|" on the same line.



echo f | xcopy source_folder\file.txt destination_folder\file.txt

or

echo d | xcopy source_folder\file.txt destination_folder\file.txt

Hope this helps!

Venny 【ツ】



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