help!! how to copy 1 file to complit workgruop

[jbiz]

can any one tell me how to copy 1 file to a complit workgruop by a command in cmd

 

[jrbarnett]

Hi,

Unless the workgroup only consists of 2 computers, there is no way of copying a file from one to every other pc within a workgroup with only one command.
However, you could write a batch file to copy it from its source to a specified destination on every computer and have each person run it.

The syntax of the copy command for copying a file is:

copy [drive:][path\]source [drive]:[path\]destination

eg
copy "c:\documents and settings\fred\my documents\doc1.doc" "z:\doc2.doc"

the items in brackets are optional. Instead of driveath, you can use UNC mappings as well, as in \\machinename\sharename.

in this case eg:
copy \\computer1\documents\fred\doc1.doc \\computer2\documents\fred\doc2.doc

John

 

[wolluf]

You could use psexec (part of pstools, freeware from

http://www.sysinternals.com)

in conjunction with a batch file/for statement. Or if all machines have a share, just a batch file with a copy (or xcopy) statement for each machine would do it.