You can also use the copy items syntax from Powershell. That's what I would do. Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Troy Hergert <thergert@vision-forward.org> Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 7:34:59 PM To: Blind sysadmins list Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Xcopy question Thanks, These switches made the difference. I'm also interested in trying out robocopy. Thanks for the help everyone. ### -----Original Message----- From: Billy Irwin <billy.irwin@outlook.com> Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 3:57 PM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Re: Xcopy question Try this below. The description of the flags is below. xcopy c:\ d:\ /h/i/c/k/e/r/y In this command data will be copied from c:\ to D:\, even folders and system files as well. Here's what the flags do: list of 7 items * /h copies hidden and system files also * /i if destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assume that destination must be a directory * /c continue copying even if error occurs * /k copies attributes * /e copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones * /r overwrites read-only files * /y suppress prompting to confirm whether you want to overwrite a file list end Best, Billy -----Original Message----- From: Troy Hergert <thergert@vision-forward.org> Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 2:59 PM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Xcopy question Hello everyone, I use a bat file with an xcopy command to copy the contents of a folder on one nas drive to another. It does not tseem to copy new sub folders. My command line is as follows with I believe appropriate switches. Is xcopy the best route to go for this kind of procedure. I try to run the command every month or so to get a backup of my main utilities folder. It's around 150 Gb. New files within existing folders copy no problem but new subfolders and their contents do not. they seem to just get ignored. Thanks for any advice. xcopy "x:\utilities\*.*" y:\utilities\" /s /d /c /y Troy ### _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org