DOS commands!

[notfred]

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<< Ugh, it's pathetic that you guys can call your self geeks.
xcopy c:\directory\*.* a:\school /a /e >>



Hah! Stuck your foot right in your mouth on that one, notgeek! DUH!!!! 😛 >>



oh, did I? Apparently, you didn't try what I posted, oh intelligent one.

 

[Pepsi90919]

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<< deltree c: >>



I might not know how to copy a folder, but I'm not an idiot.

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right. the correct syntax is "deltree c:\" ! 😉

 

[Ornery]

You left off the second backslash, it would not create the directory on the a: drive. Besides, that was already mentioned at least twice before your post... correctly!

 

[notfred]

<< You left off the second backslash, it would not create the directory on the a: drive. Besides, that was already mentioned at least twice before your post... correctly! >>



Wow, I see you STILL didn't try it. Either that or I somehow got the "Super Ultra Mega" version of DOS, cause it works FINE without the \ after "school".

And the fact that 2 people did know the answer doesn't make anyone else in this thread any smarter.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

copy c:/...<folder name> a:

That's all ya need.

 

[Ornery]

You're assuming he's using a particular version of Windows or DOS. I didn't see him mention what version he had:

In the transition from Dos 6.x to Dos 7.x, XCOPY has been significantly enhanced...

• If destination is omitted, the files are copied to the current directory.
  If destination refers to a directory that does not exist, the directory is created.
  If destination is not an existing directory and could be a file or directory (ie. does not end with a backslash (\)), you are prompted to specify whether destination is a file or directory (unless using the /I switch - see below).

 

[notfred]

Well, he said that his windows registry was corrupted, so I' massuming he has windows 95 or later. windows 95 came with DOS 7.

It's really not an issue though. Nothing you said there says that support for leaving off the trailing backslash was added in version 7.