copying all contents of folder to another folder using batch file

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I have a folder in C  Folder1  I want to copy all the contents of Folder1 to another location  D  Folder2  How do I do this using a batch file

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RoboCopy did not work for me  and there are some good solutions here  but none explained the XCopy switches and what they do  Also you need quotes in case your path has spaces in it    xcopy  i  e  C  temp folder 1   C  temp folder 2   Here is the documentation from Microsoft    XCopy MS Documentation   s  Specifies to include subdirectories  Excludes empty subdirectories  e  Copies all subdirectories  even if they are empty  i  specifies the destination is a folder  Otherwise it prompts you

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I see a lot of answers suggesting the use of xcopy  But this is unnecessary  As the question clearly mentions that the author wants THE CONTENT IN THE FOLDER not the folder itself to be copied in this case we can -   copy  C  Folder1        D  Folder2    Thats all xcopy can be used for if any subdirectory exists in C  Folder1

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I have written a  bat file to copy and paste file to a temporary folder and make it zip and transfer into a smb mount point  Hope this would help         echo off     if not exist  C  Temp Backup   mkdir  C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2       if not exist  C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  ZIP  mkdir  C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  ZIP      if not exist  C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  Logs  mkdir  C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  Logs      xcopy  s e q  C  Source   C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2      Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  Logs       C  Program Files  x86  WinRAR WinRAR exe  a   C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  ZIP ZIP Backup  date  -4 4   date  -10 2   date  -7 2  rar   C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  TELIUM       C  Program Files  x86  WinRAR WinRAR exe  a   C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  ZIP ZIP Backup Log  date  -4 4   date  -10 2   date  -7 2  rar   C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  Logs      NET USE   IP IPC   u IP username password     ROBOCOPY  C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  ZIP      IP Backup Folder   z  MIR  unilog   C  backup log  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2  log      NET USE   172 20 10 103 IPC   D     RMDIR  S  Q  C  Temp Backup  date  -4 4  date  -10 2  date  -7 2

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FYI   if you use TortoiseSVN and you want to create a simple batch file to xcopy  or directory mirror  entire repositories into a  safe  location on a periodic basis  then this is the specific code that you might want to use   It copies over the hidden directories files  maintains read-only attributes  and all subdirectories and best of all  doesn t prompt for input   Just make sure that you assign folder1  safe repo  and folder2  usable repo  correctly    echo off echo  Setting variables     set folder1  Z  Path To Backup Repo Directory  set folder2    Path To Usable Repo Directory  echo  Removing sandbox version     IF EXIST  folder1        rmdir  folder1   s  q   echo  Copying official repository into backup location     xcopy  e  i  v  h  k  folder2   folder1    And  that s it folks   Add to your scheduled tasks and never look back

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xcopy exe is the solution here  It s built into Windows   xcopy  s c  Folder1 d  Folder2   You can find more options at http   www computerhope com xcopyhlp htm

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echo off    variables echo Backing up file set  P source Enter source folder  set  P destination Enter Destination folder  set xcopy xcopy  S E V Q F H I N  xcopy   source   destination  echo files will be copy press enter to proceed pause

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If you have robocopy   robocopy C  Folder1 D  Folder2  COPYALL  E   otherwise   xcopy  e  v C  Folder1 D  Folder2

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On my PC  xcopy and robocopy need also the path to them  i e  C  Windows System32 xcopy exe  That s why I use simply  copy   copy  y      Folder1 File txt      Folder2

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echo off   Ask echo Your Source Path  set INPUT1  set  P INPUT1 Type input       echo Your Destination Path  set INPUT2  set  P INPUT2 Type input       xcopy  INPUT1   INPUT2   y  s

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if you want remove the message that tells if the destination is a file or folder you just add a slash   xcopy  s c  Folder1 d  Folder2

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echo off xcopy  s C  yourfile C  anotherfile    This is how it is done  Simple  right

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Here s a solution with robocopy which copies the content of Folder1 into Folder2 going trough all subdirectories and automatically overwriting the files with the same name  robocopy C  Folder1 C  Folder2  COPYALL  E  IS  IT  Here   COPYALL copies all file information  E copies subdirectories including empty directories  IS includes the same files  IT includes modified files with the same name For more parameters see the official documentation  https   docs microsoft com en-us windows-server administration windows-commands robocopy Note  it can be necessary to run the command as administrator  because of the argument  COPYALL  If you can t  just get rid of it

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