HELP with CMD command

metroplex · Sep 18, 2006

Hello on my hard drive in Tutorials i have a lot of documets in this address as shown:

"C:\Documents and Settings\metroplex\My Documents\Tutorials"

I want to create an .exe or a .cmd and when i click on it, it will copy the documents from this address and save them on floppy disc a:/

i dont know to many commands but i think it is possible to make

can someone help me out? thanks in advance

Mada_Milty · Sep 18, 2006

Code:
xcopy C:\Documents and Settings\metroplex\My Documents\Tutorials\*.* a:\*.* /ekdicy
If you were to copy the above into notepad and save as filename.bat, you would have a script that copied JUST the new files (ie ones that aren't already on a: ) in the tutorials folder to the a drive.

metroplex · Sep 18, 2006

i did this but i got the following message:

'xcopy' is not recognized as an internal or external
command, operatable program or batch file

TimW · Sep 18, 2006

xcopy is a sweet app. IIRC, it comes with windows 2K. To confirm, please do the following:

1. Hit windows key + r (or click Start --> Run)
2. Type 'cmd' (without the quotes)
3. Hit enter (or press 'OK')
4. Type 'help' (without the quotes)
5. Press enter

This should give you a list of all the DOS commands available to you. Xcopy should be among them. If so, we can find info about it. To do so, please do the following:

1. At the command prompt, type 'xcopy /?' (without the quotes)
2. Press enter

This will give us the syntax of the xcopy command, and the usage of all its switches.

metroplex · Sep 18, 2006

TimW said:

xcopy is a sweet app. IIRC, it comes with windows 2K. To confirm, please do the following:

1. Hit windows key + r (or click Start --> Run)
2. Type 'cmd' (without the quotes)
3. Hit enter (or press 'OK')
4. Type 'help' (without the quotes)
5. Press enter

This should give you a list of all the DOS commands available to you. Xcopy should be among them. If so, we can find info about it. To do so, please do the following:

1. At the command prompt, type 'xcopy /?' (without the quotes)
2. Press enter

This will give us the syntax of the xcopy command, and the usage of all its switches.
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i got a simmilar message:

'help' is not recognized as an internal or external
command, operatable program or batch file

whats going on?

Matacumbie · Sep 18, 2006

Try running fixpath2.zip http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/misctools.html

Here is the article, http://internet.cybermesa.com/~bstewart/cmdprompt.html#6

Steve

TimW · Sep 18, 2006

What operating system are you using?

metroplex · Sep 18, 2006

XP with service pack 2

i'm going to try that fix and tell you if it works

TimW · Sep 18, 2006

It's probably the PATH environment variable. Open a command prompt and type "path" (no quotes). You will see PATH= followed by a list of directories separated with semicolons. Is c:\windows\system32 there?

If not, go to Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment variables. Scroll the 'system variables' to find PATH, select it and click Edit. Copy its contents to a notepad window, it's much harder to edit a very long string in that little box.

When windows is first installed that variable is:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

Put these at the beginning. Delete from anywhere else. Copy back to the little box, click OK twice. You will need to restart running applications to apply the new path to them, not the system.

As In:
If you get an error as a result of typing xcopy in command prompt, one or both conditions are true:
The xcopy.exe file is missing. To test, type its full pathname (%windir%\system32\xcopy.exe) in the command window. If you get a "not recognized" error again, insert your windows cd and start->run "c:\windows\system32\sfc /scannow"... If "invalid number of parameters" is the response, you could use the full pathname each time you want to use xcopy. But it's better to correct the problem.
The PATH variable is not as it should be. Type PATH (this will work since it's a built-in command), it will show you the variable's content. It is a semicolon-separated list of directories and "c:\windows\system32" should be there. If it's not, correct it because this may cause other problems.
Go to C.Panel, System, Advanced tab, click Environment Variables. In the "system variables" list scroll down to find Path (the order is alphabetical). If you don't find it, click New, enter Path as name and copy/paste this value:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

If it's there, select it, click Edit and prepend this to its value:
%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;

metroplex · Sep 18, 2006

as a path i got this:

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\system32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Program Files\Executive Software\Diskeeper\

should i replace the whole thing with this?

%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

)) Ok i replaced the whole thing and both "help" and "xcopy" work fine now!!

i'm going to try that .bat now!!! thanks for all your help!! that was awesome!!

TimW · Sep 18, 2006

Back up first (system restore point ) ...then delete that other stuff to just what you have ....

In a word, yes.

metroplex · Sep 18, 2006

Mada_Milty said:
Code:
xcopy C:\Documents and Settings\metroplex\My Documents\Tutorials\*.* a:\*.* /ekdicy
If you were to copy the above into notepad and save as filename.bat, you would have a script that copied JUST the new files (ie ones that aren't already on a: ) in the tutorials folder to the a drive.
Click to expand...
i got invalid number of parameters this time

Mada_Milty · Sep 18, 2006

metroplex said:

i got invalid number of parameters this time
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its probably the switch, which is my mistake...try separating

/ekdicy into /e /k /d /i /c /y

mulletgut · Sep 18, 2006

Is all this easier than -------> right click>send to>31/2 Floppy (A
I do realise it's most certainly MajorGeekier but..............

theefool · Sep 18, 2006

Mada_Milty said:

its probably the switch, which is my mistake...try separating

/ekdicy into /e /k /d /i /c /y
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I'm on vista right now, but isn't /d related to a date field?

TimW · Sep 18, 2006

mulletgut said:

Is all this easier than -------> right click>send to>31/2 Floppy (A
I do realise it's most certainly MajorGeekier but..............
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The thread isn't about "copy to disc" so much as it is getting a script to work using xcopy.

So, yes it is a major geeky thing.

metroplex · Sep 19, 2006

it still wouldnt work but i think we are getting somewhere! can someone of you guys check it out at a random address on your system? because perhaps my path still has a problem, although i get invalid parameter

Mada_Milty · Sep 19, 2006

OH NO!

Again, my mistake...try wrapping the paths in quotes...if it sees a space in say, "documents and settings", it will take "and" as a parameter!

Sorry I'm being such a duh-head here!

metroplex · Sep 19, 2006

thanks and no problem. so how should i rewrite it the whole thing? :S

Mada_Milty · Sep 19, 2006

Code:
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\metroplex\My Documents\Tutorials\*.*" a:\*.* /e /k /d /i /c /y
Here is the complete line of code you will need. The quotes around the source path should help you with the invalid parameters error.

metroplex · Sep 19, 2006

Yes that is it!!!! thank you so much!!!

Mada_Milty · Sep 20, 2006

theefool said:

I'm on vista right now, but isn't /d related to a date field?
Click to expand...

xcopy help said:

Copies files changed on or after the specified date. If no date is given, copies only those files whose source time is newer than the destination time.
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metroplex said:

Yes that is it!!!! thank you so much!!!
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I'm glad we've finally got it working for you. Sorry it took me so long to work out my silly mistakes!

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