[SGVLUG] [Sclug] Copying directory trees in WINDOWS (ugh!)

[Dan Kegel]

That said, there is xcopy.  See
http://ss64.com/nt/xcopy.html
And for that matter, there is also robocopy (not that I've ever used it)
http://ss64.com/nt/robocopy.html

But I second the recommendation for cygwin.

On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Bryan Backer <bbacker at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have a work PC on which I must run windows. I've
> found that using cygwin in my windows environment
> lets me use familiar tools (cp -r, tar, scp -r, dd, etc)
> on pesky windows file, or whole trees.
>
> Consider installing the cygwin tools in the windows
> partition for times you're forced to be there.
>
> --- On Fri, 12/25/09, James E. Lang <jim at lang.hm> wrote:
>
>> From: James E. Lang <jim at lang.hm>
>> Subject: [Sclug] Copying directory trees in WINDOWS (ugh!)
>> To: sclug at zdi.net, vclug at actusa.net
>> Date: Friday, December 25, 2009, 7:51 PM
>> How does one go about copying a whole
>> directory tree in Windows? I see no recursive option for the
>> "copy" command. Copy *.* f: only copies the files.
>> Copy dir1\ dir2\ does the same. I can't lay my hands on a
>> Linux live CD right now. It would be easy that way! Windows
>> is SO PRIMITIVE!
>>
>> -- Jim
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