Batch – copy file using relative path
if you start your path with \, it’s an absolute, not a relative path. Try copy “Debug\text.txt” “..\..\new” instead
xcopy
Powershell Copy-Item but only copy changed files
Both of those are solid answers for powershell, but it would probably be far more easy to just leverage Robocopy (MS Supplied robust copy application). robocopy “C:\SourceDir\” “C:\DestDir\” /MIR would accomplish the same thing.
xcopy is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
I encountered the same problem. It seems to be a problem with the path environment variable within Visual Studio. When I added a “path” statement to the beginning of my build event, it produced the following output: PATH= This seems to indicate that the path is empty within the VS build environment. When I specify … Read more
Batch file to run xcopy without overwriting existing files
I’ve been using the following flags for years. It seems to accomplish all the behaviors you describe in the question. xcopy s:\ z:\ /S /Y /D S will copy all subfolders and files within them Y prevents any overwrite prompts D essentially copies anything newer than what is already in the destination
Having XCopy copy a file and not overwrite the previous one if it exists (without prompting)
I have good results with xcopy /d. It will copy NEWER files, and since we can assume that existing files have same time-stamp, you will copy only files that don’t exist.
Copy entire directory to output folder maintaining the folder structure?
I just added this to my *.csproj file (right click Edit Project File) <ItemGroup> <Content Include=”MYCUSTOMFOLDER\**”> <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory> </Content> </ItemGroup> I think for this the directory needs to be on same hierarchy level as *.csproj file or bellow that.
How to deploy SQL Server Compact Edition 4.0?
i’ve created the solution. SQL Server Compact Edition is comprised of 7 dlls: sqlceme40.dll The undocumented, native, flat API library (The .net System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll assembly is a wrapper around this dll) sqlceca40.dll A COM dll that implements Engine, Replication, Error and a few other COM objects sqlceoledb40.dll A COM dll that implements an OLEdb provider for … Read more
batch file Copy files with certain extensions from multiple directories into one directory
In a batch file solution for /R c:\source %%f in (*.xml) do copy %%f x:\destination\ The code works as such; for each file for in directory c:\source and subdirectories /R that match pattern (\*.xml) put the file name in variable %%f, then for each file do copy file copy %%f to destination x:\\destination\\ Just tested … Read more
/exclude in xcopy just for a file type
The /EXCLUDE: argument expects a file containing a list of excluded files. So create a file called excludedfileslist.txt containing: .cs\ Then a command like this: xcopy /r /d /i /s /y /exclude:excludedfileslist.txt C:\dev\apan C:\web\apan Alternatively you could use Robocopy, but would require installing / copying a robocopy.exe to the machines. Update An anonymous comment edit … Read more
Why does the command XCOPY in batch file ask for file or folder?
A seemingly undocumented trick is to put a * at the end of the destination – then xcopy will copy as a file, like so xcopy c:\source\file.txt c:\destination\newfile.txt* The echo f | xcopy … trick does not work on localized versions of Windows, where the prompt is different.