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Solve : Xcopy command Invalid parameter? |
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Answer» Hi, Hi,In Xcopy, the switches go at the end of the command line, like this: Xcopy "C:\junk\*.*" "D:\junk\" /s /y That line will copy everything in the junk folder in C: to a junk folder in drive D:. You MUST first make the "junk" folder on D: for this to work properly. Does that make sense? Every day, I back up my entire "My Documents" folder (and several others) to a like folder on drive D: The way I have it written, the first time I ran the batch file, it backed up the entire directory, but the next time I ran it, it backed up only new files and files that had been updated or changed. Now I run it in my shutdown batch file and it backs up just a few files and takes only a few SECONDS to run. Here's the text of that shutdown batch file: @ECHO off cls xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\My Documents\*.*" "D:\My Documents\" /s /y /H /R /D Rem Back up my WordPerfect files. xcopy "C:\MyFiles\*.*" "D:\MyFiles\" /s /y /H /R /D Rem Back up all the files for My Web Page. xcopy "C:\My web page\*.*" "D:\My web page\" /s /y /H /R /D Rem Back up my email folders and address book. xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{CC1A6FC7-0D07-4169-865D-56EBDD76EB8B}\Microsoft\Outlook Express\*.dbx" "D:\MyEmailFiles-Backup\" /s /y /H /R /D xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\Alex\My Documents\My Address Books\*.*" "D:\My Address Books" /s /y /H /R /D Rem When the backup is done...Shutdown! %windir%\System32\shutdown.exe -s -t 00 -f In your example, you will be copying all the files in those folders, over and over again. That's pointless and very time consuming. I suggest that you add more switches like I've done, to copy only new or changed files. Just a suggestion, Shadow That's good stuff, Shadow. You might want to make a menu to select what kind of backup you want. All of my documents, only new and changed, or other options. Thanks. |
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