I'm using XCOPY for a selective restore CD, and for most directories it
works fine, but I have identified a couple cases where it fails due to the
directory name.
Where D: is the CD:
Case 1:
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XCOPY /E /V /Y /I D:\GAMES\F-PROT C:\GAMES\F-PROT
First of all, XCOPY asks Does F-PROT specify a file name or directory name
on the target? With the /I switch, it is not supposed to ask me that
question, and it does not ask for copies of other directories.
Worse, though it does create C:\GAMES\F-PROT, it does not copy any of the
contents of the F-PROT directory. Instead, it begins copying into F-PROT
other GAMES sub-directories: GAMES\ABUSE gets copied to GAMES\F-PROT\ABUSE,
GAMES\DOOM to GAMES\F-PROT\DOOM, etc.
Case 2:
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XCOPY D:\GAMES\F-PROT C:\GAMES\F-PROT
Again it asks File or Directory, and that is OK without the /I switch here.
But after I answer Directory, XCOPY copy responds with:
File not found - F-PROT
0 file(s) copied
Case 3:
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XCOPY D:\GAMES\QUEEN.SAV C:\GAMES\QUEEN.SAV
The response is similar to Case 1, except that XCOPY does not ask File or
Directory. Instead, it copies none of the F-PROT contents but immediately
begins copying other GAMES sub-directories into GAMES\F-PROT (as in Case 1).
Case 4:
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XCOPY D:\GAMES\QUEEN.SAV C:\GAMES\QUEEN.SAV
The response is exactly the same as for Case 2.
--John Hupp
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