Batch files and long file names

[Guest_imported]

Have a quick question for y'all. I'm seeting up a batch file that copies a users My Documents folder to a netowrk share.in win 9x I just used the ~1 for folder names longer then 8 characters. In 2K SP2 I tried the same thing and I get invalid path. for example I would like to do this:

xcopy c:\documents and settings\user\mydocuments to f:\user\mydocuments /e

Anyone know the proper syntax to get this done? By the way the network share is on an NT server 4.0 SP5

Any helps/tips/suggestions would be appreciated.

Alex

 

[Segfault7375]

Try this:

xcopy "c:\documents and settings\user\mydocuments\*.*" f:\user\mydocuments /e

Just put any path with spaces in it in quotes

Segfault

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks, I'll give it a shot and tel you how it works out!

Alex

 

[Guest_imported]

Thanks, I'll give it a shot and tell you how it works out!

Alex

 

[a073235]

...make sure you leave a space in "My Documents" though, which would make you put the second path in quotes as well. Heath
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