Stop XCOPY (F=file, D=directory)? prompt

[Member 310024]

Is there some setting I can use with the XCOPY command, to make it assume a file (as opposed to a directory), and therefore stop it prompting every time for that info?

 

[linney]

copying a directory tree using a dos bat file
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ROBOCOPY.exe (Resource Kit)

http://www.ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

 

[Member 310024]

The /S /E /V /Y /H switchs do stop this :-
Does file.ext specify a file name
or a directory name on the target
(F = file, D = directory)?

 

[TonHu]

You could have ended the subdir-name with a \ so the name would not have implied ambigously a file or directory ;-)

HTH
TonHu

 

[tsuji]

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx

Xcopy

Copies files and directories, including subdirectories.

Syntax
xcopy Source [Destination] [/w] [/p] [/c] [/v] [/q] [/f] [/l] [/g] [/d[:mm-dd-yyyy]] [/u] [/i] [/s [/e]] [/t] [/k] [/r] [/h] [{/a|/m}] [/n] [/o] [/x] [/exclude:file1[+[file2]][+[file3]] [{/y|/-y}] [/z]

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• Default value for Destination

If you omit Destination, the xcopy command copies the files to the current directory.

• Specifying whether Destination is a file or directory

If Destination does not contain an existing directory and does not end with a backslash (\), the following message appears:

[blue]Does destination specify a file name
or directory name on the target
(F = file, D = directory)?
Press F if you want the file or files to be copied to a file. Press D if you want the file or files to be copied to a directory. [/blue]

You can suppress this message by using the /i command-line option, which causes xcopy to assume that the destination is a directory if the source is more than one file or a directory.