Re: Repeated hassles moving large file...?

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Kenneth wrote:

> Hi John,

Please see my comments inline below...

Robocopy syntax can be a bit tricky. Robocopy is designed to copy whole folders (many files), it doesn't accept single file names in the path, for single files place the filename at the end, like so:

Robocopy "G:\Note05\Note05 Hold BASE" "\\Store\Store images
d\Note05\Note05 Hold Base" 3-5-08-Note05-APPS-7.tib


When I tried the above as soon as I entered the string, it
started running. That is, it started to copy before I
entered the destination.

I get the idea of the quotes surrounding the path with the
individual file following, but might you provide the syntax
that would allow me to specify the destination?

I assume it would look something like this:

Robocopy "sourcePathHere" fileNameHere "destinationPathHere"
fileNameHere


No, this way:

ROBOCOPY source destination [file [file]...] [options]

Don't put the file name after the source, only put it after the destination. Do ROBOCOPY /? for more help.


but I can't get that far before it launches.

I don't know what you mean by that, you are doing this at the Command Prompt? It only launches when you press <Enter>. If you are using the GUI version you will have to experiment with it, I have little experience with the GUI version.

As before, many thanks,

Once again, you're welcome.

John
.

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