5.1.7.40. COPYΒΆ
Help of the DOS Command COPY
Copies one or more files to another location.:
COPY [/D] [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z]
[/L] [/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.
- /D:
Allow the destination file to be created decrypted
- 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.
- /L:
If the source is a symbolic link, copy the link to the target instead of the actual file the source link points to.
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).
Note
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