XCOPY switch to create specified directory if it doesn't exist?
I am using XCOPY in a post-build event to copy compiled DLLs from their output folders to the main app's output folder. The DLLs are being copied to a "Modules" subfolder in the main app output folder, like this:
xcopy "$(TargetPath)" "$(SolutionDir)Prism4Demo.Shell\$(OutDir)Modules\"
The command works fine if the Modules folder exists, but I have discovered during testing that if the folder doesn't exist, XCOPY doesn't create it, and the command fails.
Is there an XCOPY switch that will cause the folder to be created if it doesn't exist? If not, what would I add to my post-build event to create the folder if it doesn't exist? Thanks for your help.
Answer
Answer to use "/I" is working but with little trick - in target you must end with character \ to tell xcopy that target is directory and not file!
Example:
xcopy "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).dll" "$(SolutionDir)_DropFolder" /F /R /Y /I
does not work and return code 2, but this one:
xcopy "$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).dll" "$(SolutionDir)_DropFolder\" /F /R /Y /I
Command line arguments used in my sample:
/F - Displays full source & target file names
/R - This will overwrite read-only files
/Y - Suppresses prompting to overwrite an existing file(s)
/I - Assumes that destination is directory (but must ends with \)