Help with xcopy

[david1337]

Hi guys

I'm a little stuck here, and could use some help.

All I want to do is copy all content from FolderA to FolderB, but I can only make it work if I define the entire path.

 

This works:

#include <Process.au3>

_RunDOS("xcopy C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FolderA C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FolderB /E /I")

 

But this doesn't:
 

#include <Process.au3> ;Makes sure that you can use _RunDos statements

$FolderA = @AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\FolderA\"
$FolderB = @AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\FolderB\"


_RunDOS("xcopy $FolderA $FolderB /E /I")

 

Any ideas?

 

David

Edited November 22, 2015 by david1337

[Bowmore]

This is the way to do it.

#include <Process.au3> ;Makes sure that you can use _RunDos statements

$FolderA = @AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\FolderA\"
$FolderB = @AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\FolderB\"


_RunDOS("xcopy " & $FolderA & " " & $FolderB & " /E /I")

 

[david1337]

Hi Bowmore

Thanks for your reply!
That doesn't work for me No error messages, it just doesn't copy anything?

[iamtheky]

in the 'working example'  they dont have a trailing backslash.  try it with run("cmd /k xcopy " .....)  and see if we can get an output?

[Bowmore]

Remove the trailing backslashes from the 2 paths like you had in your first attempt.

[david1337]

boththose,

thanks! Removing the trailing backslashes worked

@ Bowmore: Your example worked perfect when I removed the backslashes.

Thanks to both of you!

#include <Process.au3> ;Makes sure that you can use _RunDos statements

$FolderA = @AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\FolderA"
$FolderB = @AppDataDir & "\Microsoft\FolderB"


_RunDOS("xcopy " & $FolderA & " " & $FolderB & " /E /I")