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Hecate · 2001-03-10 14:48:00

whats the command to recurisively copy a directory in dos?

10-03-2001 3:48pm

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whats the command to recurisively copy a directory in dos?

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#2 10-03-2001 4:11pm

azezil

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say what!
i'm not sure what ur askin, but hav u tried copy con?
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#3 10-03-2001 4:29pm

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The command is XCOPY:

XCOPY <source directory> <destination directory> /S /E

/S : Copy subdirectories
/E : Also copy empty directories

These two options are necessary.

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#4 11-03-2001 1:12am

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ah thats it

thx skeptic.

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