XCOPY Problem

[Rol]

Hey folks.  Sorry if this has been covered in another thread.

I am trying to run an xcopy batch job that copies all of my financial files from my server here in the office (S:\) to an externaal USB external drive (F:\) attached to my computer.

When I open a command line, dos shows me that I am in h:

How can I run a batch job that first switches to the s drive, then copies the files from the s: drive to my f: drive?

Thanks,
Rol  

[drpunkerz]

I don't even think you would have to switch drives really.

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@echo off
xcopy /E S:\* F:\*


don't mind that /E option... thats so that it includes subdirectories as well (assuming that you want that).
If not just get rid of the /E part of the code.

--drpunkerz

[Rol]

Okay I will show you what I tried (keep in mind that I am trying to set this up as a .bat file so I can get Windows Task Manager to run it for me):

xcopy S:\Kristi's Documents\Current Quickbooks\*.* F:\TCSSC Backup\Current Quickbooks\ /W/S/E/Y

This has not been working for me...

[drpunkerz]

I'm a newbie to batch files but I don't see why that doesn't work for you. Anyone else have any suggestions?

[Sidewinder]

Give this a try:

xcopy "S:\Kristi's Documents\Current Quickbooks" "F:\TCSSC Backup\Current Quickbooks" /W/S/E/Y

The command processor can be a tad picky sometimes.

[Rol]

That did that trick!  Thanks so much for all of your help.  LONG LIVE DOS!

Cheers,
Rol