Accommodating the White Spaces in a DOS command

[md_ahirrao]

hey friends, i want to know how to add white spaces in a DOS command.
e.g. i have a folder named 'my documents' & another one named 'my archives'. now, if i want to copy some files from 'my documents' to 'my archives' using any DOS command, like 'copy' or 'xcopy', the syntax will be:
copy c:\my documents\*.* d:\my archives  (Using copy)    OR
xcopy c:\my documents\ d:\my archives    (Using Xcopy).

The system throws the error: Invalid number of the parameters

Is there any way to do this, apart from renaming the concerned folders(that is very frustrating, i tell u)?

[Geek-9pm]

Did you try this?

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xcopy "c:\my documents\" "d:\my archives" 
But why no do it in windows?

[BC_Programmer]

hey friends, i want to know how to add white spaces in a DOS command.
e.g. i have a folder named 'my documents' & another one named 'my archives'. now, if i want to copy some files from 'my documents' to 'my archives' using any DOS command, like 'copy' or 'xcopy', the syntax will be:
copy c:\my documents\*.* d:\my archives  (Using copy)    OR
xcopy c:\my documents\ d:\my archives    (Using Xcopy).

The system throws the error: Invalid number of the parameters

Is there any way to do this, apart from renaming the concerned folders(that is very frustrating, i tell u)?

yes. put quotes around the names.

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copy "c:\my documents\*.*" "d:\my archives"
xcopy "c:\my documents\" "d:\my archives"  

but why not just use explorer to copy.


EDIT: lol.... beat me to it...

[md_ahirrao]

thanks BC_programmer.
thanks Geek-9pm
it worked