Robocopy - Copy Directory into Another Directory
I Can't Believe That I Am Having Trouble in Copying a Directory into Another Directory via the Windows Command Line. What I Want to Do Is Simple -: Lets Say I...
I can't believe that I am having trouble in copying a directory into another directory via the windows command line.
What I want to do is simple -:
Lets say I have a directory -:
C:\test
and I want to copy test to D: So in D there should be a folder like the following-:
D:\test
when I use
robocopy C:\test D:\test \E
D drive ends up with the contents of C:\test in the root rather than being contained in a directory called test.
How do you do this simple thing ?
3 Answers
If you want to create an exact duplicate, use the following version (which is equivalent to adding /E and /PURGE:
robocopy c:\source d:\destination /MIR
If all you want to do is copy the directories and subdirectories including empty ones, use
robocopy c:\source d:\destination /E
It is the backslash on the E option that was getting you.
To learn more about Robocopy here is a handy search:
Although this answer doesn't use robocopy, I think it still does the purpose of copying directories.
You could try using: xcopy
Usage: xcopy source [destination] ...
You could check for more details by executing xcopy /?
Source: HOW TO: Copy a Folder to Another Folder and Retain its Permissions.
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Use Robocopy (Robust File Copy)
robocopy c:\test d:\test /s /e *.*
/s switch is for copying all sub directories and /e switch is for copying all the empty sub directories & *.* means (all files).(any extensions)
syntax:
robocopy source-folder destination-folder files switches
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