Command line code to copy folders

I have been researching xcopy and trying to find a command line tool that will correctly copy files from a networked pc to a local pc. I wish to write a script later on, but the code Ive tried keeps giving me "Invalid number of parameters".

What Ive tried, is "xcopy /s \\computername\firstfolder\secondfolder D:\firstfolder\secondfolder"

Oddly enough, "xcopy /s \\computername\firstfolder D:\firstfolder" works.

This is on a computer which is my media system and I wish to have a script at bootup that will auto-transfer the files. It works for one folder deep on both sides, but not 2, as in what I have above.

Do I need mapped drives instead? Or do I need to use robocopy?
Thoughts anyone?
Thanks,
Jim

Use the E switch.

xcopy /s /e \\computername\firstfolder\secondfolder D:\firstfolder\secondfolder

The E switch copies subfolders, even if they are empty.

I just tried that, I'm still getting "Invalid number of parameters".

Have you tried:

xcopy \\computername\firstfolder\secondfolder D:\firstfolder\secondfolder /s /e

Yeah I did, and Im still getting "Invalid number of parameters".

the target folder is just that; a TARGET

however, the source folder becomes a list of files IN THAT FOLDER
so if the number of files therein is high, then your symptom is the result.

You need a script that has the concept of Foreach

Code:

foreach fn in dir {
    xcopy fn targetDir/
}

Perl & PHP both provide this construct

When working with filenames with spaces put them inside quotes.
xcopy /s "\\source1\dir 1\dir 2" "C:\temp\tmp 123"

When I put them in quotes, it comes back saying "Invalid path 0 File(s) copied".
What I have been working with is the following:
"xcopy /s "\\Production\TV Shows\Mike and Molly\ D:\TV Shows\Mike and
Molly\" "

So what would be missing here?

Two cents.

Isn't Robocopy more robust that xcopy?

Perhaps the combination of Robocopy + RichCopy will work for you. RichCopy: http://download.microsoft.com/downl...c359cc0842/HoffmanUtilitySpotlight2009_04.exe

RichCopy has a nice GUI with which you can create a Copy Option Profile, save it to a file and have it run at a specified time/date. However, I have not tried this at system start.

I've always used this

Code:

"xcopy /s \\Production\"TV Shows"\"Mike and Molly"\  D:\"TV Shows"\"Mike and Molly"\

but this is still exposed for two issues:
1) too many files in the source directory
2) file names with embedded spaces

I ended up having remove one of the folders in the path on the source computer, now it will run. I can write my script now.
Thanks.

Enclose the source and destination with each own separate quotes. The same with my example.
"xcopy /s "\\Production\TV Shows\Mike and Molly\" "D:\TV Shows\Mike and Molly\" "