Re: How to suppress prompting and not overwrite an existing destination file in XCOPY?

From: Nathan McNulty (525676_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 06/30/04 

Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 00:24:42 -0700

I knew that /Y suppresses the prompt to overwrite and I was wondering in
text if a -n would allow you to answer no to all the overwrite
questions. I'm thinking this is not possible :(

Nathan McNulty

Dmitriy Kopnichev wrote:
> Thanks for your reply.
> XCOPY source destination /Y overwrites destination files without prompting.
> I do not want to overwrite. What does your " -n" do in XCOPY command?
> "Nathan McNulty" <525676@microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:uceJ0YhXEHA.1584@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>
>>I haven't tested this yet, but does XCOPY source destination /Y -n work?
>>
>>Nathan McNulty
>>
>>
>>Dmitriy Kopnichev wrote:
>>
>>>It is strange that Windows XP Professional by itself can't copy files
>>>without overwriting and prompting!
>>>"Carrie Garth" <PostInGroup@invalid.cxg> wrote in message
>>>news:eGiVZiWXEHA.1356@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>
>>>>||||| "Dmitriy Kopnichev" <kopn@hotbox.ruDELETE>
>>>>||||| wrote in message news:uPFftiJXEHA.716@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
>>>>||||| Hello How to suppress prompting and not overwrite an
>>>>||||| existing destination file in XCOPY? There's no this in the
>>>>||||| XCOPY help or XCOPY /?
>>>>
>>>>|||| "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
>>>>|||| <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> ||||
>>>
>>>wrote in message
>>>
>>>
>>>>news:%23b8EABKXEHA.3640@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
>>>>|||| Not sure, as I I haven't used xcopy for ages - robocopy
>>>>|||| from the resource kit will do this nicely for you, tho.
>>>>
>>>>||| "Dmitriy Kopnichev" <kopn@hotbox.ruDELETE>
>>>>||| wrote in message news:e%23l5nBOXEHA.4064@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
>>>>||| Thanks for your reply! How to get the resource kit or the
>>>>||| robocopy?
>>>>
>>>>|| "Carrie Garth" <PostInGroup@invalid.cxg>
>>>>|| wrote in message news:e5822QSXEHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl
>>>>|| <SNIP> Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools Help
>>>>||
>>>
>>>
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windowsServ/2003/all/techref/en-us/robocopy.asp
>
>>>>|| <SNIP> Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools
>>>>
>>>
>>>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en
>
>>>>|| <SNIP>
>>>>
>>>>| "Dmitriy Kopnichev" <kopn@hotbox.ruDELETE>
>>>>| wrote in message news:eDLxmmVXEHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl
>>>>| Thanks for your reply!
>>>>| How to get the Robocopy_exe Robust File Copy Utility, not
>>>>| to download all the Resource Kit Tools 12 mb file?
>>>>
>>>>Sorry. But I do not think that you can download
>>>>robocopy.exe separately from the Resource Kit Tools.
>>>>
>>>>An alternative tool with a great deal of flexibility is XXCopy.
>>>>This tool is freeware for personal usage, is packaged as a
>>>>*.zip file for download, and is only 244 KB zipped.
>>>>
>>>>Note that XXCopy has hundreds of switches and takes
>>>>some practice, but there is a great deal of documentation and
>>>>support (gotta love it!)
>>>>
>>>>For the main Web Page for XXCopy see:
>>>>
>>>>XXCOPY, a Versatile File Management Utility
>>>>--- Boldly Extended Xcopy
>>>>http://www.xxcopy.com/
>>>>
>>>>For Guidance and Reference (Technical Bulletins)
>>>>http://www.xxcopy.com/index.html#tbul
>>>>
>>>>To download the XXCopy help (*.chm) file:
>>>>http://www.xxcopy.com/xxcopy.chm
>>>>
>>>>To read the XXCOPY Discussion Group:
>>>>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/xxcopy
>>>>
>>>>To view the numerous NG postings from the author of
>>>>XXCOPY, Kan Yabumoto:
>>>>http://www.google.com/groups?&q=author%3AKan+author%3AYabumoto
>>>>
>>>>And if I understand correctly what you are trying to do...
>>>>
>>>>You have a backup of files from a certain folder, say
>>>>C:\My Documents, in another folder, say D:\backup.
>>>>And you want to be able to backup brand new files
>>>>only (from C:\My Documents to D:\backup). That is,
>>>>you do not want to overwrite existing files. And you
>>>>do not want to be prompted as to such. If that is
>>>>correct then use XXCopy with the /BB switch.
>>>>For example:
>>>>
>>>>xxcopy "c:\My Documents" d:\backup\ /BB
>>>>
>>>>Note that I may have misunderstood what you
>>>>are trying to do. And I am not an expert in the use
>>>>of XXCopy (or any command line tool for that
>>>>matter). So if you decided to use my command
>>>>please test the command on a temp directory with
>>>>temp files before you actually use it on your
>>>>valuable data.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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