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Arnak
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Arnak asked in Computers & InternetComputer Networking · 9 years ago

Network dos command problem?

HI,

I have this command to copy a file across a network :-

xcopy "\\newpc\aplog\X3AP\log0001.txt" C:\test\ /y"

It come back with a parse error, what could be wrong please?

Arnak

Update:

Thanks for the replies, I did miss that extra " .8-((

Without it I now get invalid drive specification, any ideas on that please.

I have taken the path directly from the properties of that file location but there must be something I am doing wrong but I can't see what...

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    You have three quotation marks ( " ) when none are needed to begin with.

  • Greywolf
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    Last quote mark " is causing the command to fail. Quotes should always be in pairs, and are only needed if a path name or a file name contans blanks. The /y should be outside any quotes you use.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    use a program to do it

    Source(s): dropbox.com teamviewer
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