Xcopy

Copies folders and their contents, including files and subfolders.

Syntax

 xcopy source [destination] [/w] [/p] [/c] [/v] [/q] [/f] [/l] [/d[:date]] [/u] [/i] [/s [/e]] [/t] [/k] [/r] [/h] [/a|/m] [/n] [/o] [/x] [/exclude:file1[+[file2]][+[file3]] [/y | /-y] [/z]

Parameters

Parameter	Purpose

`source`	Specifies location and name of the files to be copied.
`[destination]`	Specifies the destination of the copied files.
`[/w]`	Displays a confirmation message and waits for a reply.
`[/p]`	Prompts for confirmation before creating destination files.
`[/c]`	Ignores all errors.
`[/v]`	Verifies the success of each copy operation.
`[/q]`	Prevents the display of `xcopy` messages.
`[/f]`	Displays the file names being copied.
`[/l]`	Prevents command execution and displays a list of files that would have been copied.
`/d[:date]`	Copies source files that have been changed on or after `date`.
`[/u]`	Copies files from `source` if they also exist on `destination`.
`[/I]`	Creates the destination folder, if it does not exist, if `source` is a directory or contains wildcards.
`[/s]`	Copies directories and subdirectories as long as they contain files.
`[/e]`	Copies all subfolders.
`[/t]`	Copies the subdirectory structure and not the files.
`[/k]`	Copies read-only files to the destination where they will retain their read-only status.
`[/r]`	Overwrites read-only files.
`[/h]`	Copies files with hidden and system file attributes.
`[/a]`	Copies source files that have archive file attributes set.
`[/m]`	Copies source files that have archive file attributes set and then turns off archive file attributes.
`[/o]`	Copies file ownership and discretionary access control list data.
`[/x]`	Copies audit settings and system access control list data.
`[/n]`	Copies files using their NTFS short names.
`[/exclude:file1[+ [file2]][+[file3]]`	Excludes the files listed in specified files from being copied.
`[/y]`	Suppresses confirmation prompts when overwriting existing destination files.
`[/−y]`	Requires confirmation prompts before overwriting existing destination files.
`[/z]`	Copies files to the network in restartable mode so that the copy operations will resume after failed connections are reestablished.