fororg.blogg.se - Copy one file to multiple folders

If you think the xcopy might fail partway through (like when you are copying over a flaky network connection), or that you have to stop it and want to continue it later, you can use xcopy /s/z c:\source d:\target. Press Ctrl+C, to copy the selected items to the clipboard. These can be selected from a normal explorer tab or from a a virtual folder of search results. Select one or more files or folders to be copied.

It places a marker on each file as it copies, so you can rerun the xcopy command to pick up from where it left off. First: Copy the items you want to distribute to the clipboard.

/z - if you think the copy might fail and you want to restart it, use this.

/y - don't prompt before overwriting existing files.

/x - if you care about permissions, you might want /o or /x.

/k - copy read-only attributes along with files.

/v - add this to verify the copy against the original.

/s/e - recursive copy, including copying empty directories.

You'd probably want to tweak a few things some of the options we also add include these: It's built into Windows, so its cost is nothing. Xcopy.exe is definitely your friend here.