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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!
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\
A move command is simply a copy command which deletes the original once it's finished.
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.
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