FILE COPY????

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i cant figure out for the life of me how to copy a file
from one place to another. the file is in c:\dir\t.exe
trying to copy to c:\document and settings\all
users\desktop

try to use the command copy c:\dir\t.exe c:\document and
settings\all users\desktop

what is it that i am missing? i really feel like an idot
asking this question, but it is really bugging me. help,
help, help. thanks for any advice or help

COPY [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B]
[+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]]

source Specifies the file or files to be copied.
/A Indicates an ASCII text file.
/B Indicates a binary file.
destination Specifies the directory and/or filename for
the new file(s).
/V Verifies that new files are written
correctly.
/N Uses short filename, if available, when
copying a file with a
non-8dot3 name.
/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to
overwrite an
existing destination file.
/-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to
overwrite an
existing destination file.
/Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment
variable.
This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.
Default is
to prompt on overwrites unless COPY command is being
executed from
within a batch script.

To append files, specify a single file for destination,
but multiple files
for source (using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format).
 
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mike said:
i cant figure out for the life of me how to copy a file
from one place to another. the file is in c:\dir\t.exe
trying to copy to c:\document and settings\all
users\desktop

try to use the command copy c:\dir\t.exe c:\document and
settings\all users\desktop

what is it that i am missing? i really feel like an idot
asking this question, but it is really bugging me. help,
help, help. thanks for any advice or help
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You didn't mention the error you were getting, but have you tried using
quotes around the long dirctory names?

copy c:\dir\t.exe "c:\document and settings\all users\desktop"

ws
 
When file names or paths contain spaces, you must enclose the entire thing
in quotation marks.

copy c:\dir\t.exe "c:\documents and settings\all users\desktop"

David
Stardate 3898.1
 
mike said:
i cant figure out for the life of me how to copy a file
from one place to another. the file is in c:\dir\t.exe
trying to copy to c:\document and settings\all
users\desktop

try to use the command copy c:\dir\t.exe c:\document and
settings\all users\desktop
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copy c:\dir\t.exe "c:\document and settings\all users\desktop"

or

pushd c:\document and settings\all users\desktop
copy c:\dir\t.exe

hth
 
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