xcopy "c:\users\dave\application data\runic games\*.*" c:\games_backup\*.* /s/d/y

Using this instruction above to try to create a backup of saved game location that is in my profile to c:\games_backup\

This batch should be grabbing the next folder named Torchlight with all of its contents and passing it to c:\games_backup\ if it doesnt exist at c:\games_backup\ and for future executions of this batch it should update files with those with latest date/time stamp.

The problem I am having is that it seems as though Windows 7 is NOT looking at the Wild Card *.* for all files and folders, and is accepting *.* as a file name???

C:\04_2011>xcopy "c:\users\dave\application data\runic games\*.*" c:\games_backu
p\*.* /s/d/y
File not FOUND - *.*
0 File(s) copied

C:\04_2011>

Any suggestions to get this working?The target should be a directory, not a file specification.Problem is that you cant dump the *.* and leave it as:

xcopy "c:\users\dave\application data\runic games\" c:\games_backup\ /s/d/y

And even if no files exist at \runic games\... there is a folder named Torchlight 1 level deeper in the path with other files and folders contained within it at ( c:\users\dave\application data\runic games\torchlight\ ) so the /s switch should be grabbing that Torchlight folder from starting point of \runic games\ sub-directory location and copying it to c:\games_backup\torchlight\...

I have been using this xcopy c:\path_starting_point_to_xcopy_from\*.* c:\Backup\*.* /s/d/y routine for years with prior windows versions before Win 7 and had no problems.

If *.* shouldn't be used, how do you achieve this xcopy of ALL contents both Files & Folders from the starting path to the destination path? Looks like a bunch of others having issues with xcopy and Win 7 through my hunt for a solution on google. Just found out that Robocopy is built into Windows 7 which is suppose to be the replacement for older xcopy.

Now to learn robocopy ... below is the Robocopy /? info that I >> out to file so I could copy/paste it here.

Thinking I should have stuck with Win XP Pro vs Win 7 since this is just 1 of many issues that have come up with my computer usage and old apps, code, and instructions.


Code: [Select]-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Started : Thu Apr 07 00:03:27 2011

Usage :: ROBOCOPY source destination [file [file]...] [options]

source :: Source Directory (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
destination :: Destination Dir (drive:\path or \\server\share\path).
file :: File(s) to copy (names/wildcards: default is "*.*").

::
:: Copy options :
::
/S :: copy Subdirectories, but not empty ones.
/E :: copy subdirectories, including Empty ones.
/LEV:n :: only copy the top n LEVels of the source directory tree.

/Z :: copy files in restartable mode.
/B :: copy files in Backup mode.
/ZB :: use restartable mode; if access denied use Backup mode.
/EFSRAW :: copy all encrypted files in EFS RAW mode.

/COPY:copyflag[s] :: what to COPY for files (default is /COPY:DAT).
(copyflags : D=Data, A=Attributes, T=Timestamps).
(S=Security=NTFS ACLs, O=Owner info, U=aUditing info).

/DCOPY:T :: COPY Directory Timestamps.

/SEC :: copy files with SECurity (equivalent to /COPY:DATS).
/COPYALL :: COPY ALL file info (equivalent to /COPY:DATSOU).
/NOCOPY :: COPY NO file info (useful with /PURGE).

/SECFIX :: FIX file SECurity on all files, even skipped files.
/TIMFIX :: FIX file TIMes on all files, even skipped files.

/PURGE :: delete dest files/dirs that no longer exist in source.
/MIR :: MIRror a directory tree (equivalent to /E plus /PURGE).

/MOV :: MOVe files (delete from source after copying).
/MOVE :: MOVE files AND dirs (delete from source after copying).

/A+:[RASHCNET] :: add the given Attributes to copied files.
/A-:[RASHCNET] :: remove the given Attributes from copied files.

/CREATE :: CREATE directory tree and zero-length files only.
/FAT :: create destination files using 8.3 FAT file names only.
/256 :: turn off very long path (> 256 characters) support.

/MON:n :: MONitor source; run again when more than n changes seen.
/MOT:m :: MOnitor source; run again in m minutes Time, if changed.

/RH:hhmm-hhmm :: Run Hours - times when new copies may be started.
/PF :: check run hours on a Per File (not per pass) basis.

/IPG:n :: Inter-Packet Gap (ms), to free bandwidth on slow lines.

/SL :: copy symbolic links versus the target.

/MT[:n] :: Do multi-threaded copies with n threads (default 8).
n must be at least 1 and not greater than 128.
This option is incompatible with the /IPG and /EFSRAW options.
Redirect output using /LOG option for better performance.

::
:: File Selection Options :
::
/A :: copy only files with the Archive attribute set.
/M :: copy only files with the Archive attribute and reset it.
/IA:[RASHCNETO] :: Include only files with any of the given Attributes set.
/XA:[RASHCNETO] :: eXclude files with any of the given Attributes set.

/XF file [file]... :: eXclude Files matching given names/paths/wildcards.
/XD dirs [dirs]... :: eXclude Directories matching given names/paths.

/XC :: eXclude Changed files.
/XN :: eXclude Newer files.
/XO :: eXclude Older files.
/XX :: eXclude eXtra files and directories.
/XL :: eXclude LONELY files and directories.
/IS :: Include Same files.
/IT :: Include Tweaked files.

/MAX:n :: MAXimum file size - exclude files bigger than n bytes.
/MIN:n :: MINimum file size - exclude files smaller than n bytes.

/MAXAGE:n :: MAXimum file AGE - exclude files older than n days/date.
/MINAGE:n :: MINimum file AGE - exclude files newer than n days/date.
/MAXLAD:n :: MAXimum Last Access Date - exclude files unused since n.
/MINLAD:n :: MINimum Last Access Date - exclude files used since n.
(If n < 1900 then n = n days, else n = YYYYMMDD date).

/XJ :: eXclude Junction points. (normally included by default).

/FFT :: assume FAT File Times (2-second granularity).
/DST :: compensate for one-hour DST time differences.

/XJD :: eXclude Junction points for Directories.
/XJF :: eXclude Junction points for Files.

::
:: Retry Options :
::
/R:n :: number of Retries on failed copies: default 1 million.
/W:n :: WAIT time between retries: default is 30 seconds.

/REG :: Save /R:n and /W:n in the Registry as default settings.

/TBD :: wait for sharenames To Be Defined (retry error 67).

::
:: Logging Options :
::
/L :: List only - don't copy, timestamp or delete any files.
/X :: report all eXtra files, not just those selected.
/V :: produce Verbose output, showing skipped files.
/TS :: include source file Time Stamps in the output.
/FP :: include Full Pathname of files in the output.
/BYTES :: Print sizes as bytes.

/NS :: No Size - don't log file sizes.
/NC :: No Class - don't log file classes.
/NFL :: No File List - don't log file names.
/NDL :: No Directory List - don't log directory names.

/NP :: No Progress - don't display percentage copied.
/ETA :: show Estimated Time of Arrival of copied files.

/LOG:file :: output status to LOG file (overwrite existing log).
/LOG+:file :: output status to LOG file (append to existing log).

/UNILOG:file :: output status to LOG file as UNICODE (overwrite existing log).
/UNILOG+:file :: output status to LOG file as UNICODE (append to existing log).

/TEE :: output to console window, as well as the log file.

/NJH :: No Job Header.
/NJS :: No Job Summary.

/UNICODE :: output status as UNICODE.

::
:: Job Options :
::
/JOB:jobname :: take parameters from the named JOB file.
/SAVE:jobname :: SAVE parameters to the named job file
/QUIT :: QUIT after processing command line (to view parameters).
/NOSD :: NO Source Directory is specified.
/NODD :: NO Destination Directory is specified.
/IF :: Include the following Files.Code: [Select]robocopy "c:\users\dave\application data\runic games" c:\games_backup /E /ISWas the fix for this issue I guess ... I guess farewell XCOPY with Windows 7 ... Now I have to use ROBOCOPY

Here is what robocopy spits out to SCREEN as it executed my batch:


Quote

C:\04_2011>robocopy "c:\users\dave\application data\runic games" c:\games_backup /E /IS

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ROBOCOPY :: Robust File Copy for Windows
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Started : Thu Apr 07 00:31:45 2011

Source : c:\users\dave\application data\runic games\
Dest : c:\games_backup\

Files : *.*

Options : *.* /S /E /COPY:DAT /IS /R:1000000 /W:30

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1c:\users\dave\application data\runic games\
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Total Copied Skipped Mismatch FAILED Extras
Dirs : 10 9 1 0 0 0
Files : 82 82 0 0 0 0
Bytes : 25.51 m 25.51 m 0 0 0 0
Times : 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00 0:00:00


Speed : 107428116 Bytes/sec.
Speed : 6147.086 MegaBytes/min.

Ended : Thu Apr 07 00:31:45 2011