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MRWOW12 · 02-28-09

XCOPY Bat File
Hello there if i use the following to backup files thought a network on to a external hard would this be sufficient to copy all the files,folders no mater what type of files or attributes the files or folders have.

Full sharing permissions and security will be set so everything will be fine going through the network.

i have added the pause so you can see the amount of file copied before the bat Exits

XCOPY "c:\info data 1" z:\backup /S /E /H /K /R /F /Y

pause

Dose it matter if its in caps or not ??

xcopy "c:\info data 1" z:\backup /s /e /h /k /r /f /y

pause

Do the switches have to go in a order or can they jst be where ever for example

XCOPY "c:\info data 1" z:\backup /K /E /Y /R /H /F /S

This would be saved in a Bat File and run via double click from the desktop

Mr Pink57 · 02-28-09

CMD is not case sensitive but case aware so no.

You could also do this like a menu when you start the bat file so you can choose a single drive or choose to backup all drives (say you were going to delete just one drive).

Having /S and /E is rather an odd choice btw.

pink

MRWOW12 · 02-28-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Pink57

CMD is not case sensitive but case aware so no.

You could also do this like a menu when you start the bat file so you can choose a single drive or choose to backup all drives (say you were going to delete just one drive).

Having /S and /E is rather an odd choice btw.

pink

so it docent matter if its caps or not??

how about the order of the switches ??

There will be no need for a menu as its always just going to be a straight copy

from drive c:\ to the network drive Z:\ with overwrite

whats this about deleting ??

Mr Pink57 · 02-28-09

No it does not matter. The order is fine.

I meant as far as if you were going to reformat a drive, instead of backing up everything you could just back a single drive thru a menu system or a different bat.

I recommend always running bats in a test environment first i.e. VMWare.

pink

MRWOW12 · 02-28-09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Pink57

No it does not matter. The order is fine.

I meant as far as if you were going to reformat a drive, instead of backing up everything you could just back a single drive thru a menu system or a different bat.

I recommend always running bats in a test environment first i.e. VMWare.

pink

oh i see no its just a copy of everything that's in the folder on c: to the network drive.

i can test it no probs ill just run it see if it works or not :P

MRWOW12 · 02-28-09

is there anything wrong with the /s /e ??

shh.killer · 04-04-09

i think there is no use see below example hope u get it

after // itz comment

Quote:

C

ocuments and Settingsxxx>xcopy c:abc d: /s // won't copy the empty folder
C:abcNew Text Document.txt
C:abcxcddffafa.txt
2 File(s) copied

C

ocuments and Settingsxxx>xcopy c:abc e: /e // will copy the empty folder
C:abcNew Text Document.txt
C:abcxcddffafa.txt
2 File(s) copied

C

ocuments and Settingsxxx>xcopy c:abc f: /s /e // will copy the empty subfolder too
C:abcNew Text Document.txt
C:abcxcddffafa.txt
2 File(s) copied

C

ocuments and Settingsxxx>xcopy c:abc f:abc /e /s // will copy the empty subfolder too
C:abcNew Text Document.txt
C:abcxcddffafa.txt
2 File(s) copied

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