[sdiy] way OT: DOS Commands

[groovyshaman]

how about:

cd [top-of-path]
xcopy *.* [target] /E /V /K/Q

I used to use this to backup my Favorites folder under old Windows.

George

mike ruberto wrote:
> Sorry for the off-topic post but I can't seem to locate any computer
> geeks lately through other channels.
> I haven't had to do any DOS command line stuff for a long time and I
> guess I'm rusty.
> I need to copy an entire directory tree. In linux it would be something like:
> cp -Rf [path] *
> 
> So I tried in DOS:
> 
> xcopy [path] *.*
> 
> For some reason this only got me the first file in the target
> directory. What gives?
> 
> I'm actually trying to write a batch file.
> Any help much appreciated.
> 
> M. A. Ruberto
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