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Chapter 6 / Command Reference
IV verifies each target file as it is written to be sure it is identi-
cal to the source file. .
/W waits to begin copying the files. XCOPY displays the
message:
Press any key when ready to start copying files
Press any key to continue, or press
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W
to cancel XCOPY.
Notes and Suggestions
• XCOPY uses the following rules for copying files:
• If the source is a directory, the target is a directory.
• If the source includes multiple files, the target is a direc-
tory. For example, if the source is A:, and Drive A con-
tains more than one file, the target is a directory.
• If you append a backslash (\) to a target name, that tar-
get is a directory. For example:
xcopy payroll a:\workers\
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creates the directory A: \ WORKERS if the directory does
not already exist, and copies the file Payroll to it.
• If you are using Version 3.2 MS-DOS, the XCOPY command
might prompt you to specify whether the target is a file or a
directory. If you don't want to receive this prompt, type:
copy
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xcopy.exe
mcopy.exe
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This creates a new command called MCOPY.EXE. Now, you
can use the MCOPY command the same way you use XCOPY,
except that you won't receive the prompt.
Examples
xcopy a: b:
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copies all the files, directories, and subdirectories (including
empty subdirectories) on Drive A to Drive B.
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