xcopy isnt copying folders with spaces?

[am632]

Hi,

Im using xcopy to copy a folder to another folder, but it would seem that all files/folders with a space in the name is being missed.

Heres ma code...

RunWait(@ComSpec & ' /c xcopy /e /h /y /i "' & $SETDOCUMENTSDIR & '" "' & $TEMPFOLDER & "\Documents"  & '"', "", @SW_HIDE)

All foles/folders without spaces get copied with no problems, but anything with a space in the name gets skipped from the copy.

What am i doing wrong?

thanks

[ripdad]

Try this ...

; source and destination folders must exist

Local $dir1 = 'somefolder', $dir2 = 'someotherfolder'

RunWait('xcopy.exe "' & $dir1 & '" "' & $dir2 & '" /e /c /h /r /k /y /d', @SystemDir, @SW_HIDE)

[am632]

Hi thanks for the reply.

This worked very well, alot better than mine but i had to add the perameter '/d' as it was waiting in the hidden command window.

Once the copy finished tho, i compaired the original folder properties against the new 1 and there seems to be some files and a couple of folders missing but im having trouble finding out what exactly is missing and why.

do u have any ideas?

thanks again

[ripdad]

I have never had any troubles with the code I posted. Been using it for years.

Can you elaborate what files and folders are missing?

Also, can you post the code you tried, so we might reproduce the problem?

[ChrisL]

Hi thanks for the reply.

This worked very well, alot better than mine but i had to add the perameter '/d' as it was waiting in the hidden command window.

Once the copy finished tho, i compaired the original folder properties against the new 1 and there seems to be some files and a couple of folders missing but im having trouble finding out what exactly is missing and why.

do u have any ideas?

thanks again

Just use Autoit..

_DirCopy("C:\Folder A","C:\Folder B")

Func _DirCopy($Source,$Destination)

    Local $Search = FileFindFirstFile($Source & "\*")
    If $Search = -1 then Return

    While 1
        $file = FileFindNextFile($Search)
        If @error then ExitLoop

        If StringInStr(FileGetAttrib($Source & "\" & $file),"D") then
            DirCreate($Destination & "\" & $file)
            _DirCopy($Source & "\" & $file, $Destination & "\" & $file)
        Else
            If FileExists($Destination & "\" & $file) then FileSetAttrib($Destination & "\" & $file,"-R")
            FileCopy($Source & "\" & $file, $Destination & "\" & $file,9)
        EndIf
    WEnd

    FileClose($Search)

EndFunc

Edited March 4, 2011 by ChrisL

[rudi]

Hi.

For syncing folders, use robocopy.exe

Up to version XP026 robocopy provides exitcodes, these tell exactly what happened (or went wrong).

The versions starting with that one in robocopyGUI unfortunately do *NOT* provide exitcodes any more.

Regards, Rudi.