copy


copy

copy makes a complete copy of an existing file. If another file by the same name exists at destination , you will be asked if you want to overwrite it. Omit destination to copy the specified files to the current working directory. destination can also specify filenames, useful for renaming the files as they're being copied . copy accepts the following parameters and options:

 copy   source     destination   copy [/a  /b]   source   [/a  /b] [+   source   [/a  /b]     [+ ...]] [   destination   [/a  /b]] [/v] [/y  /-y] [/d]     [/z] 

Option

Description

/a

Specifies that the file to copy is in ASCII format

/b

Specifies that the file to copy is a binary file

/v

Verifies that new files are written successfully by comparing them with the originals

/y , /-y

Suppresses or enables prompting, respectively, to confirm replacing existing files

/d

Allows the new file to be decrypted (NTFS volumes only)

/z

Copies networked files in restartable mode

+

Concatenates (glues together) several source files

Examples

 copy c:\temp.txt d:\files\temp.txt copy d:\cdsample\images\*.* . copy words.txt d:\files\morewords.txt copy *.* d:\files 


Windows XP Pocket Reference
Windows XP Pocket Reference
ISBN: 0596004257
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2001
Pages: 154
Authors: David A. Karp

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