New XCOPY Switches

There are quite a few new switches to the XCOPY command. To get a full listing, type XCOPY /?. Below are some of the additions over DOS 6.X.

• /C - Continues copying even if errors occur
• /I - If destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assumes that destination must be a directory
• /Q - Does not display file names while copying
• /F - Displays full source and destination file names while copying
• /L - Displays files that would be copied
• /H -Copies hidden and system files also
• /R - Overwrites read-only files
• /T - Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes empty directories and subdirectories
• /U - Updates the files that already exist in destination
• /K - Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes
• /Y - Overwrites existing files without prompting
• /-Y - Prompts you before overwriting existing files
• /N - Copy using the generated short names