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Copy an entire directory in DOS

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pompomp Posted messages 17 Status Membre -  
 morisse -
Hello, can someone tell me what the command is to copy an entire directory (including the subfolders and files contained in it) using DOS because I have a directory with 5016 files to copy and I can't imagine typing copy etc... 5016 times! I tried xcopy and /s at the end of the command but those commands are not being recognized.
Thanks

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gzen92
 
In the command prompt: "xcopy /?" and there, oh miracle, we find the /E parameter which copies subdirectories.
-> xcopy /E "doss_in" "doss_out"
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pompomp
 
Wow, 4 years since the topic was opened! Thanks for the gzen92. Fortunately, I had found it in the meantime, but at least it will have closed a topic that I should have closed a long time ago.
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giovanni_vizzi Posted messages 16 Status Membre > pompomp
 
Hello,
I read the whole post but found no solution !!!!

I want to copy the folder lili that is on the D:\ partition and put it in the folder A that is in c:\documents and settings/gio/desktop/A

I had already posted to get the solution but I don't want to wait 4 years like you, so please give me the solution with the exact syntax

See you soon

And thanks in advance
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slim > giovanni_vizzi Posted messages 16 Status Membre
 
Sorry for the delay, unfortunately I just saw this post, so I'm giving you the procedure to follow


under DOS, directories exceeding 8 characters are not recognized, for example: c:\my documents and settings/gio/desktop/A will become c:\docume~1\gio\desktop\A

so in the command line do this:
CD D: enter
cd lili
copy *.* c:\docume~1\gio\desktop\A\
Good luck...
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morisse > slim
 
without wanting to come across as an idiot, I find that your explanations are not very clear

how to copy what is here: C:\Documents and Settings\computer name\Desktop

to a directory here: C:\test

simple:

xcopy/E C:\Docume~1\computer name\Desktop C:\test

Note:
1. If the destination folder does not exist, it will be created automatically
2. DOS will ask before starting the copy from source to destination "Does C:\test specify a file name or a directory name for the destination
<F = File, R = Directory>, you need to type R and then press enter

It's not complicated to present it like that!

I've been struggling with this for 2 hours and wandering around forums, no one has been able to post the "for dummies" method
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