copy all the files inside of a directory with subd

[hebi]

Sorry, maybe I'm too stupid but i cant find a command that copies all the content of a directory to another directory including subdirs

can anyone help me out?

[Matt @ MPCS]

I guess FileCopy would be too obvious?

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[hebi]

I guess FileCopy would be too obvious?

*** Matt @ MPCS

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including subdirs?

[Matt @ MPCS]

including subdirs?

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I didnt think I should have to point it out but how about DirCopy???

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[hebi]

I didnt think I should have to point it out but how about DirCopy???

*** Matt @ MPCS

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not the dir itself only the content of a directory

like this:

cp -R C:/dummy/* C:/dummy/

Edited October 15, 2004 by hebi

[Matt @ MPCS]

So you want to copy the files of a tree but not the tree structure itself?

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[hebi]

ok: i want to copy the content (with all subdirs and trees and blah) of direcotry A to direcotry B

in unix:

cp -R /dummy/* /dummy2/

[Matt @ MPCS]

If you have a tree that looks like this:

/

-etc

--subfolder

---subfile1

--file1

-etc2

and you execute the command cp -R /etc /etc2 do you expect the new tree to look like:

/

-etc

--subfolder

---subfile1

--file1

-etc2

--subfolder

---subfile1

--file1

or:

/

-etc

--subfolder

---subfile1

--file1

-/etc2

--file1

--subfile1

?

*** Matt @ MPCS

[hebi]

/

-etc

--subfolder

---subfile1

--file1

-etc2

--subfolder

---subfile1

--file1

like that ^^^

[Matt @ MPCS]

Ok there is not a command... you can use windows copy using the runwait function... or manipulate the script on this thread to get what you are looking for.

*** Matt @ MPCS

EDIT: fixed link

Edited October 15, 2004 by Matt @ MPCS

[emmanuel]

Ok there is not a command... you can use windows copy using the runwait function... or manipulate the script on this thread to get what you are looking for.

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EDIT: fixed link

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um, why not FileCopy("C:\dir1\*.*", "C:\dir2\*.*") ? FileCopy will copy directories.

[hebi]

i did something like the runwait command too

$destination = StringFormat("%s",$instpath)
$source = StringFormat("%s\Server",$source)
$command = StringFormat("xcopy %s %s /E /M",$source,$destination)
RunWait($command)

but the problem is:

IT's not working when one of the paths has a space in it

C:\My Documents <-will not work..

this drives me sad because i cant add some " in the code (

[Jos]

ok: i want to copy the content (with all subdirs and trees and blah) of direcotry A to direcotry B

in unix:

cp -R /dummy/* /dummy2/

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

like

Xcopy c:\dummy\*.* c:\dummy2 /s

or

Dircopy("c:\dummy" ,"c:\dummy2",1)

[hebi]

read above

[Jos]

read above

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saw that after the post... however:

Dircopy("C:\My Documents\source" ,"C:\My Documents\target",1)

should work...

Edited October 15, 2004 by JdeB

[emmanuel]

i did something like the runwait command too

$destination = StringFormat("%s",$instpath)
$source = StringFormat("%s\Server",$source)
$command = StringFormat("xcopy %s %s /E /M",$source,$destination)
RunWait($command)

but the problem is:

IT's not working when one of the paths has a space in it

C:\My Documents <-will not work..

this drives me sad because i cant add some " in the code (

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if something doesn't work because it has a space in the path, what do you do? put quotes around it. It has to do with FAQ 7

I don't know what you're doing with the string format, but here's how I'd do it...

runwait( @comspec & ' /c xcopy "' & $source &  '" "' & $destination & '" /E /M')

that will put double quotes around the souce and the destination.

[hebi]

damn thank ya!

i was looking for this the hole day

but search for (") didn't match

[emmanuel]

saw that after the post...  however:

Dircopy("C:\My Documents\source" ,"C:\My Documents\target",1)

should work...

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being as I'm to lazy to test, I believe that would result in "c:\my documents\target\source" not the contects of \source within target directly...

[Jos]

being as I'm to lazy to test, I believe that would result in "c:\my documents\target\source" not the contects of \source within target directly...

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don't think so....

[emmanuel]

don't think so....

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damn. why do I even try? you're right. though, if the destination exists, even if it's empty, you need the 1