MGTechman

Box Thats exactly what I am trying to do and the %~dp0 looks like the missing link ! Didnt find that on any "how to use Robocopy" sites. Will try it the weekend Many Thanks

Brilliant !!! robocopy D:\ c:\progra~1\luk\lukinfo /s works great.. However ... how can i get round the issue of winders allocating the memory stick a different drive letter on another machine i.e. if it calls if F: robocop D:\ wont work ??? Thanks alot

Thanks for the support. I tried ... robocopy d:\ /e "c:\progra~1\luk\lukinfo" and robocopy d:\ "c:\progra~1\luk\lukinfo /e" and robocopy d:\ "c:\program files\luk\lukinfo" /e and robocopy d:\ "c:\program files\luk\lukinfo /e" and Xcopy *.*/e "c:\program files\luk\lukinfo" and all of them stop at the install.bat file which I am using to overight the files saying access denied ? I am in administration account. Tried doing in a cmd window with the same result ? any more ideas ?

Hi I am trying to write an install file to overight some files on the hard drive using either a CD or Memeory stick into multiple directories. I managed it fine on XP machines using the following xcopy *.*/e/y c:\"program files"\luk\lukinfo This however does not work with Vista. I figured out that the "program files" doesnt work so tried the short dos version I have tried.... robocopy d:\ c:\progra~1\luk\lukinfo and robocopy d:\/e c:\progra~1\luk\lukinfo and robocopy d:\ c:\progra~1\luk\lukinfo/e and lots of other variations Whilst it copies the files from the root directory of my stick (D:) it does not copy the files in the subdirectories regardless of where I put the /e switch ??? I will put the /y switch back in when I am happy it works OK. I think I will also have a problem if winders allocates a different drive letter to the memory stick or CD. Can anyone help ?