Help with Dos Commands

[Mister T]

I need to copy c:\Mydocs to d:\Mydocs
Directory Mydocs has a bunch of subdirectories and I want to do it with 1 command.

I tried

copy c:\mydocs d:\mydocs

but it only copied files in the root, not any of the subdirectories
how do I modify the command?

 

[Wuming]

try copy c:\Mydocs\. d:\Mydocs?

oh my... haven't used dos commands for so long. tell me if it works okay?

 

[piku]

maybe

xcopy c:\mydocs d:\mydocs

haven't used dos in a while... alternatly try

c:\mydocs\*.* d:\mydocs

 

[Whitedog]

I could tell you , but this will do you ever better.. it will "educate" you.

type copy /?
or xcopy /?

This will give you a list of all the avalable "switches" you can use.

The answer is real simple.

 

[Whitedog]

OK, I won't be mean.

You have to use XCOPY

xcopy c:\mydocs d:\ /s or /e
(it will create d:\mydocs if doesn't exist)

If you already have a d:\mydocs DIR and type xcopy c:\mydocs d:\mydocs...etc. you'll end up with..
d:\mydocs\mydocs\*

 

[teknoid]

If you and to keep long filenames (if any) you have to use the following line from the start-run command (NOT a DOS window)

xcopy32 c:\mydocs\*.* d: /h /e /c /k

That will create any and all directories, keep file attributes, ignore "file busy" errors, etc.

Used it many times to clone from one drive to another before I got Ghost.

 

[Killbat]

Are you using DOS or a console somewhere?

 

[JoLLyRoGer]

copy c:\mydocs\*.* d:\mydocs

 

xcopy is the best for that