> -----Original Message----- > From: kurt godel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 6:04 AM > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Freedos-user] Dumb question about 'xcopy'. > > Here's a dumb question about the 'xcopy ' command: I have a > source directory called 's', and a destination directory > called 'd'; Both of them are in the same directory, say 'c'. > If I do: cd d, then xcopy s /s /e, I get a "cyclic error"; > but if I am more explicit and use(again from inside 'd'): > xcopy c:\s /s /e, then it works perfectly. > Is this a quirk of the 'xcopy' version in FreeDos, or do they > all do it? I mean if it's cyclic in the one case, > it should be so in the other? kurt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
Is there as subdirectory 's' inside d? That would explain it. Or it may not be finding an 's' subdirectory in 'd', which what you're telling it to look for. I've found that xcopy works much better when I use full paths, rather than trying to use relative paths. D ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
