At first: This is a mailing list about FreeDOS. It's not about Windows XP's DOS window, which is something completely different!
LimeyDi wrote: > XCOPY C:\Documents_and_Settings\Owner\My Documents\*.* > I:\Backup\My_Documents\*.* /s /h /d /r /y > > Notice that in an attempt to figure this out I inserted underscores between > folder name words, but with or without these, I get either "too many > parameters" or "invalid path". A colleague suggested inserting ~ after the > 7th letter of a folder name (Backup\My_Docu~\ for example) but that doesn't > work either. Any bright ideas??? and thank you! Try (notice those `"'): XCOPY "C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\*.*" "I:\Backup\My Documents\*.*" /s /h /d /r /y Next time, please ask some Windows guys for help! Robert Riebisch -- BTTR Software http://www.bttr-software.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
