Copies files and directory trees.
| XCOPY | source [destination] [/A | /M] [/C] [/D[:date]] [/F] [/H] [/I] [/K] [/L] [/N] [/P] [/Q] [/R] [/S [/E]] [/T] [/U] [/V] [/W] [/Z] [/EXCLUDE:filename] |
| source | Specifies the file(s) to copy. |
| destination | Specifies the location and/or name of new files. |
| /A | Copies files with the archive attribute set, doesn't change the attribute. |
| /B | Copies the symbolic link instead of the files (Windows Vista and later). |
| /C | Continues copying even if errors occur. |
| /D[:m-d-y] | Copies files changed on or after the specified date. If no date is given, copies only those files whose source time is newer than the destination time. |
| /E | Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones. Same as /S /E.
May be used to modify /T. |
| /F | Displays full source and destination file names while copying. |
| /H | Copies hidden and system files also. |
| /I | If destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assumes that destination must be a directory. |
| /J | Copies files without buffering. Recommended for very large files (Windows Server 2008 R2/Windows 7 and later). |
| /K | Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes. |
| /L | Displays files that would be copied (list only). |
| /M | Copies files with the archive attribute set, turns off the archive attribute. |
| /N | Copies using the generated short names. |
| /P | Prompts you before creating each destination file. |
| /Q | Does not display file names while copying. |
| /R | Overwrites read-only files. |
| /S | Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones. |
| /T | Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes empty directories and subdirectories. |
| /U | Copies only files that already exist in destination. |
| /V | Verifies each new file. |
| /W | Prompts you to press a key before copying. |
| /Z | Copies networked files in restartable mode. |
| /EXCLUDE:filename | Excludes the files listed in the specified file from the copy operation. The exclusion file can have a list of exclusion patterns (one per line, no wild card characters are supported). If any exclusion pattern in the file matches any part of the path of a subject file, that file is not copied. |
Copy only files older than Christmas day 2000:
FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%A IN ('XCOPY *.* D:\Mydir /D:12-25-2000 /H /I /L /R ˆ| FIND ":"') DO (>>%TEMP%.\exclude.lst ECHO.%%B)
XCOPY *.* D:\Mydir /EXCLUDE:%TEMP%.\exclude.lst /H /I /R
Delete files created or modified after Christmas 2000:
FOR /F "tokens=1* delims=:" %%A IN ('XCOPY *.* D:\Emptydir /D:12-26-2000 /H /I /L /R ˆ| FIND ":"') DO DEL /F %%B
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