I have good results with xcopy /d. It will copy NEWER files, and since we can assume that existing files have same time-stamp, you will copy only files that don’t exist.
I encounted this error on the TeamCity build server. I finally resolved it after checking the build log and found: “‘xcopy’ is not recognized as an internal or external command.” I then changed my statement to: C:\Windows\System32\xcopy “$(ProjectDir)config\Web.config.$(ConfigurationName)” “$(ProjectDir)Web.config” /Y/R
i’ve created the solution. SQL Server Compact Edition is comprised of 7 dlls: sqlceme40.dll The undocumented, native, flat API library (The .net System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll assembly is a wrapper around this dll) sqlceca40.dll A COM dll that implements Engine, Replication, Error and a few other COM objects sqlceoledb40.dll A COM dll that implements an OLEdb provider for … Read more
In a batch file solution for /R c:\source %%f in (*.xml) do copy %%f x:\destination\ The code works as such; for each file for in directory c:\source and subdirectories /R that match pattern (\*.xml) put the file name in variable %%f, then for each file do copy file copy %%f to destination x:\\destination\\ Just tested … Read more
I just added this to my *.csproj file (right click Edit Project File) <ItemGroup> <Content Include=”MYCUSTOMFOLDER\**”> <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory> </Content> </ItemGroup> I think for this the directory needs to be on same hierarchy level as *.csproj file or bellow that.
The /EXCLUDE: argument expects a file containing a list of excluded files. So create a file called excludedfileslist.txt containing: .cs\ Then a command like this: xcopy /r /d /i /s /y /exclude:excludedfileslist.txt C:\dev\apan C:\web\apan Alternatively you could use Robocopy, but would require installing / copying a robocopy.exe to the machines. Update An anonymous comment edit … Read more
A seemingly undocumented trick is to put a * at the end of the destination – then xcopy will copy as a file, like so xcopy c:\source\file.txt c:\destination\newfile.txt* The echo f | xcopy … trick does not work on localized versions of Windows, where the prompt is different.
Answer to use “/I” is working but with little trick – in target you must end with character \ to tell xcopy that target is directory and not file! Example: xcopy “$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).dll” “$(SolutionDir)_DropFolder” /F /R /Y /I does not work and return code 2, but this one: xcopy “$(TargetDir)$(TargetName).dll” “$(SolutionDir)_DropFolder\” /F /R /Y /I Command … Read more
The /I switch (not /F as you mentioned in your question) prevents xcopy from asking whether the destination is a file or a directory only if multiple source files are given, so if the source is a directory, or if wildcards ? or * are used. If the destination already exists, such prompt does never … Read more
do a dir /s /b > out.txt and then add a guide at position 260 In powershell cmd /c dir /s /b |? {$_.length -gt 260}