TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET (Thomas Dwyer III) (11/20/90)
Suppose you have the following directory tree: \---+---DIR1---+---DIR2 | | | +---DIR3 | +---DIR4 DIR2 and DIR3 have their R/O bits set. Why does XCOPY fail to recurse with the command line "XCOPY \DIR1 \DIR4 /S" ? Thanks, Thomas Dwyer III Email: tomiii@mtu.edu Network Programmer tomiii@mtus5.BITNET Computing Technology Services Voice: (906) 487-2110 Michigan Technological University Fax: (906) 487-2787
tcs@router.jhuapl.edu (11/21/90)
In article <90324.035212TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET>, TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET (Thomas Dwyer III) writes: >Suppose you have the following directory tree: > > \---+---DIR1---+---DIR2 > | | > | +---DIR3 > | > +---DIR4 > > > >DIR2 and DIR3 have their R/O bits set. Why does XCOPY fail to recurse with >the command line "XCOPY \DIR1 \DIR4 /S" ? > > >Thanks, >Thomas Dwyer III Email: tomiii@mtu.edu >Network Programmer tomiii@mtus5.BITNET >Computing Technology Services Voice: (906) 487-2110 >Michigan Technological University Fax: (906) 487-2787 What do you get? I think what's happening is XCopy is "XCopy <Src> <Dest> <Options>". You can do an XCopy \ and it should work. Carl Schelin tcs@router.jhuapl.edu
bosch@cs.utwente.nl (J. Christian A. Peper) (11/22/90)
TOMIII@MTUS5.BITNET (Thomas Dwyer III) writes: [tree deleted...] >DIR2 and DIR3 have their R/O bits set. Why does XCOPY fail to recurse with >the command line "XCOPY \DIR1 \DIR4 /S" ? > When I want to xcopy a dir like that I never specify the internal dirs, I only specify the root of however many dirs are underneath it. So e.g.: | temp ----- tmp1 | | | dir1 | | | dir2 | --------- tmp2 etc.etc I only tell xcopy about the \temp dir. That usually works, and I've moved VERY big dirs this way....ca. 10 subdirs etc...! Good luck, Chris. -- Christian Peper | The speed of light...If not instantaneous, bosch@utis15.cs.utwente.nl | it is incredibly fast! - Gallileo aka Dreams, aka Sexy Dutchman | Spaarnestr. 73; 7523 VK Enschede, Holland i----------------------------------------------------------------------------i