HELP copying files in dos mode...

[5LiterMustang]

Guys easy question, just been a while since I've done it, can't get it to wokr so far with what I've tried...I can't get into windows because of theerror, thats what I'm fixing and my work pc HD crashed this morning so all my info on that is currently out of commssion...I tried...

move c:\xxx\xxx to c:\yyy\yyy

I also tried copy and I tried eliminating the "to"in the middle didn't work....stupid question I know ,i can't believe I forgot how to do this ...

 

[AFB]

C:\Documents and Settings\user>move /?
Moves files and renames files and directories.

To move one or more files:
MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]filename1[,...] destination

To rename a directory:
MOVE [/Y | /-Y] [drive:][path]dirname1 dirname2

[drive:][path]filename1 Specifies the location and name of the file
or files you want to move.
destination Specifies the new location of the file. Destination
can consist of a drive letter and colon, a
directory name, or a combination. If you are moving
only one file, you can also include a filename if
you want to rename the file when you move it.
[drive:][path]dirname1 Specifies the directory you want to rename.
dirname2 Specifies the new name of the directory.

/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.

The switch /Y may be present in the COPYCMD environment variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. Default is
to prompt on overwrites unless MOVE command is being executed from
within a batch script.

C:\Documents and Settings\user>

 

[Rapidskies]

If your looking to copy files and subdirectories just use xcopy for example to copy the contents and all contents below your current working directory:

xcopy *.* d: /s/e

 

[5LiterMustang]

Ok not working here's the file

c:\windows\license.txt needs to be moved to c:\windows\help directory so justtell me what i need to type and I'll try that

 

[AFB]

"move c:\windows\license.txt c:\windows\help directory\"


This is the same as cut and paste, not copy. The syntax is:
move (file) (location-to-move-to)

 

[Mavrick007]

Originally posted by: 5LiterMustang
Ok not working here's the file

c:\windows\license.txt needs to be moved to c:\windows\help directory so justtell me what i need to type and I'll try that

you could go to the directory where license.txt is, and do a copy like this:

copy license.txt c:\windows\help

That should work