hevnbnd Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 Ok after i complete my apps.bat i want to copy several files over to different directories. They will be replacing files already there. This is probally very simple but i could not find it anywhere. Thanks Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edg21 Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W] [/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/G] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U] [/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z] [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...] source Specifies the file(s) to copy. destination Specifies the location and/or name of new files. /A Copies only files with the archive attribute set, doesn't change the attribute. /M Copies only files with the archive attribute set, turns off the archive attribute. /D:m-d-y Copies files changed on or after the specified date. If no date is given, copies only those files whose source time is newer than the destination time. /EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]... Specifies a list of files containing strings. Each string should be in a separate line in the files. When any of the strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be copied, that file will be excluded from being copied. For example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the .obj extension respectively. /P Prompts you before creating each destination file. /S Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones. /E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones. Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T. /V Verifies each new file. /W Prompts you to press a key before copying. /C Continues copying even if errors occur. /I If destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assumes that destination must be a directory. /Q Does not display file names while copying. /F Displays full source and destination file names while copying. /L Displays files that would be copied. /G Allows the copying of encrypted files to destination that does not support encryption. /H Copies hidden and system files also. /R Overwrites read-only files. /T Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes empty directories and subdirectories. /U Copies only files that already exist in destination. /K Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes. /N Copies using the generated short names. /O Copies file ownership and ACL information. /X Copies file audit settings (implies /O). /Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. /-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. /Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable.This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hevnbnd Posted September 24, 2003 Author Share Posted September 24, 2003 Can you give me an example of what it would look like to copy a file over to replace another file? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0r3d Posted September 24, 2003 Share Posted September 24, 2003 xcopy /R c:\file1.txt c:\windows\XCOPY = command/R = overwrite filesC:\file1.text = source filec:\windows = destination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hevnbnd Posted September 25, 2003 Author Share Posted September 25, 2003 Ok it is still prompting me asking me if i want to overight the file or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hevnbnd Posted September 25, 2003 Author Share Posted September 25, 2003 Nevermind got it to work using the /Y command. Thanks all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmcx9 Posted September 25, 2003 Share Posted September 25, 2003 why not create a silent self extracting file using winrar to replace the file in question?winrar is easy to use and you will need no prior knowledge to be able to create a self extracting file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkBringer Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 I'm very interested in this WinRAR self-extracting replacing files stuff.Can it replace folders as well?(I'm sorta new to WinRAR) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b0r3d Posted September 29, 2003 Share Posted September 29, 2003 Yes, it can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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