Windows 10: Xcopy syntax for multiple source directories

can someone show me a sample xcopy command to copy C:\Directory1 and C:\Directory2 to a destination directory H:\DestinationDirectory?

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copying folders

I believe the xcopy command is still included in Windows 10. You can use it with switches to duplicate a folder structure without copying the folders' contents.

The /t switch copies the folder structure (only) from the source folder to the destination folder without copying the files, but it won't copy empty folders in the source folder. If the source folder includes empty folders you will need to add the /e switch
as well. So the full syntax would be:

xcopy source target /t /e

From the School of Hard Knocks: Practice with a set of dummy folders first.

Just remember: You need to have adequate permissions in the source and destination folders.

 

Windows Boot Sector corrupted

Sorry, unless you post the full xcopy command it is impossible to say what is wrong. Anyway, you should use robocopy.exe instead of xcopy because xcopy will miss lots of files.

What is the source folder you wish to copy?

What is the target drive?

 

try the loop,

Code: for %%a in ( "C:\Directory1" "C:\Directory2" ) do ( xcopy /s /d "%%~a" "H:\DestinationDirectory" )[/quote]

 

Very good, I will use it.

In cmd, xcopy help states "source Specifies the file(s) to copy." but does not detail how to list them.

is the squiggle in %%~a intentional or a typo?

 

the above syntax is to be used in a batch file.

here's a single liner for cmd:

Code: for %a in ("C:\Directory1" "C:\Directory2") do (xcopy /s /d "%~a" "H:\DestinationDirectory")[/quote]
yes, the squiggle is intentional, it's for a short and long pathnames element.

 

Ah, so. Odd, the d/ switch is not listed in cmd help. I changed s/ to e/ because, as a backup, I want a complete image, including empty directories.

 

Tried and failed. My bad, probably. I cannot find how to include the actual code as you did, and copying directly to this editor removes line feeds.

 

the /d switch is for date. if not specify, only the newer files will be copied.

You can try the single line syntax above, just double the percent sign (%a to %%a) if you wish to create a batch file.

 

Thanks for your patient help.
I will mark this as solved

This is a test of the Code tags:

Code: Explorer /root, \\server\share, select, Program.exe[/quote] Aha! it worked.