My batch script xcopy
is still asking F = file, D = directory
confirmation even though I have added /F
in the script, the log is showing as below.
Please help on how to avoid asking confirmation.
Script:
net use p: /delete
net use p: "\\200clan\F_Drive" /USER:adm /PERSISTENT:NO-1111
set source=%1
set target=p:/%2
echo %source% %target%
xcopy /S /I /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%"
Log:
C:\test\foldera>xcopy /S /I /Q /Y /F "C:/test/folder1/folder2/logs/154/compareReport_177.html" "p:/Services/WSDLCompare/177_20151116/compareReport_177.html" Does P:\Services\WSDLCompare\177_20151116\UIReport_177.html specify a file name or directory name on the target (F = file, D = directory)?
The /I
switch (not /F
as you mentioned in your question) prevents xcopy
from asking whether the destination is a file or a directory only if multiple source files are given, so if the source is a directory, or if wildcards ?
or *
are used. If the destination already exists, such prompt does never appear.
There are the following scenarios (depending on the provided values of %source%
and %target%
):
a single source file, the destination is a file:
the /I
switch is useless, so you need to pipe F
into the xcopy
command line:
echo F|xcopy /S /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%"
provided that the /Y
switch is given (to force overwriting), you could also create the target file in advance (empty file):
>> "%target%" rem/
xcopy /S /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%"
a single source file, the destination is a directory:
the /I
switch is useless too; you can pipe D
into the xcopy
command line:
echo D|xcopy /S /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%"
or you can simply append a \
to the destination:
xcopy /S /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%\"
although this causes trouble when %target%
specifies the current directory of a drive like D:
for instance, because D:
means the current directory of this drive whereas D:\
means the root directory of it;
or you create the destination directory in advance:
2> nul mkdir "%target%"
xcopy /S /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%"
the 2> nul
portion suppresses the error message in case the directory already exists;
multiple source files, the destination is a file:
this is usually a senseless situation, because you tell xcopy
to copy each source file to the same destination file, thus attempting to overwrite it;
multiple source files, the destination is a directory:
the /I
switch makes sense here:
xcopy /S /I /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%"
the pipe option also works here:
echo D|xcopy /S /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%"
so does appending a \
to the destination (regarding the limitation as mentioned above):
xcopy /S /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%\"
or you create the destination directory in advance:
2> nul mkdir "%target%"
xcopy /S /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%"
The most flexible and secure solution is to pipe the desired selection (F
or D
) into the xcopy
command line. (Note that the query is locale-dependent.)
There are some minor issues in your code fragment I want to mention here:
\
as a path separator as this is the Windows standard character for that purpose (although /
works too in most cases);-1111
appended to your second net use
command line; if this constitutes the password for the resource, it should be moved before the /USER
option; otherwise just remove it;set
command lines introduce problems with some special characters (like &
, ^
, (
, )
); to avoid such, state set "source=%~1"
and set "target=p:/%~2"
; the ~
removes potential surrounding ""
from the arguments (which are required if they contain SPACE, ,
, ;
, =
);Here is the code with the all of the above things reworked:
net use P: /DELETE
rem supposing `-1111` constitutes the password for the resource:
net use P: "\\200clan\F_Drive" -1111 /USER:adm /PERSISTENT:NO
set "source=%~1"
set "target=P:\%~2"
echo "%source%" "%target%"
rem supposing the destination is a directory:
echo D|xcopy /S /I /Q /Y /F "%source%" "%target%"
rem actually you do not need any interim variables:
REM echo D|xcopy /S /I /Q /Y /F "%~1" "P:\%~2"