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To copy directory, you need to run xcopy command.. You can not copy directory with copy command.. xcopy c:\*.* /s/e a:\ This will copy entire contents to A drive..
These are all DOS commands for the old PC DOS operating system. Copy could copy some combination of file or files (via wildcards) within a given directory, xcopy could do that as well as copy directories, diskcopy could make duplicates of disks usually floppy disks.
xcopy
Xcopy Command Braat! Wiggas!
A move command is simply a copy command which deletes the original once it's finished.
Depends on which operating system you are using and whether you want to copy more than one file.In DOS/Windows command prompt "c:\copy xxxx /destination_folder/"if more than one file you can use "c:\copy xxx.* /destination_folder/"Xcopy has more options (verify, copy subdirectories ..) and is used "c:\xcopy xxx* /s /destination_folder/"In Unix/Linux/OSX cp is the command for copyingas in "#darkstar$cp -R *.txt /destination_folder/"cp has a lot more option than xcopy but you will need to type either "cp --help" or "man cp" to get the best of cp's actions.
copy a:\data\*.* c:\data\
The Copy and Xcopy are the same in the sense that both copy the files and directory trees to another folder.
XCopy or Copy
XCOPY/D : date
Copy copies files. Xcopy copies directories, too. Much more powerful.
copy command is used to make a copy of file or copycon is used to write a file