Batch files copy directory

Learn more. Asked 10 years, 11 months ago. Active 3 years, 1 month ago. Viewed k times. Marco Demaio Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Probabily you'll want to include hidden files too, be quiet and never ask for confirmations.

For some reason this didn't copy all the files in the parent directory for me — Jonathan. Vertexwahn Vertexwahn 7, 6 6 gold badges 52 52 silver badges 81 81 bronze badges. I've been interested in the original question here and related ones.

To help answer the original question, here I post the results of my experiments. Here are the main results: 1 Of the 10 cases, only three did copying. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook.

Sign up using Email and Password. Post as a guest Name. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Save the newly edited batch file and place it anywhere you want. Execute the file. Your specified file will be copied from its current location to the one you have specified in the destination address.

Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. The file addresses must be properly enclosed in the quotations as specified in the code. The base file will remain on its original location, and will also be copied to its new location as specified in the batch file. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. Don't usually use to copy folders with large data inside them.

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Improve this answer. Stevoni Stevoni 3 3 silver badges 12 12 bronze badges. It copies files too, I only want directory structure to be copied. First post is corrected. Nikhil Nikhil 2, 4 4 gold badges 20 20 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. Molly Molly Woody Woody 11 1 1 bronze badge.