Re: Sophisticated(!) copying in DOS

Thanks. I caught that and fixed it at some point. I have the subdirectory
mapped so it was actually \\RJBDESKTOP\SHAREDDOCS, but the full path is the
G:\LEDBER\blahblahblah.

What do you mean "make sure [I am] explicitly in the directory"? I am
running the batch file FROM the destination laptop...

Still not it... Because if I delete the /EXCLUDE command, everything copies
OK. It's just hanging on the /EXCLUDE command. Which I have put at the end
of the command line, as well.

Arrrgggghhhh....

Here's the next thing I may try:

ATTRIB +h ABC*.*
xcopy \\SOURCEPATH\etc
ATTRIB -h ABC *.*





"Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote in message
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> "RJB" <notpublic@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> <SNIP>
>
>> The only difference between what I have continually typed and what is on
>> my command prompt is that \\SOURCEPATH\SHAREDDOCS\ is actually
>> G:\\LEDBER\USERS\OPERATIONS\RJ_(My last name)\SHAREDDOCS\ and I didn't
>> really feel it was necessary to type that over and over again, when I
>> presumed we could understand \\SOURCEPATH\
>
> Unless this is another typo it is your problem. There is an extra
> backslash after G: With a long path it is sometimes easier to make sure
> you are explicitly in the directory where the files are located.
>
> e.g.
>
> G:
> CD \CURRENT_FOLDER
> XCOPY G:*.* H:\copy_files_here\ /EXCLUDE:FILELIST.TXT
>
> Make sure FILELIST.TXT and the files to be copied are in this directory.
>
> Kerry
>
>


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