BATch output to file Heeeelp!  

Dave,

I assume that

Code:

XCopy C:"Apps\VirtualRPC-DL620\HardDisc4\Net\Pluto\!Pluto\Articles" D:"ROStuff\VirtualRPC-DL620\HardDisc4\Net\Pluto\!Pluto\Articles" /Y

is a mis-paste for

Code:

XCopy "C:\Apps\VirtualRPC-DL620\HardDisc4\Net\Pluto\!Pluto\Articles" "D:\ROStuff\VirtualRPC-DL620\HardDisc4\Net\Pluto\!Pluto\Articles" /Y

Just add something like >D:\Desktop\MyXCopy.log using whichever path & filename suits you

Code:

XCopy "C:\Apps\VirtualRPC-DL620\HardDisc4\Net\Pluto\!Pluto\Articles" "D:\ROStuff\VirtualRPC-DL620\HardDisc4\Net\Pluto\!Pluto\Articles" /Y >D:\Desktop\MyXCopy.log

Denis

arturox said:

I'm aware there are those flags, but I can't get them to work. :-(

I have just noticed that you added to your original post. As a comparison, I've just run

Code:

xcopy "D:\Desktop\XCopy test\20200208 wakeup - Copy" "D:\Desktop\XCopy test\destination" /Y >"D:\Desktop\XCopy test\xcopy.log"

and it correctly created the file
D:\Desktop\XCopy test\xcopy.log
which correctly contained the results that you would otherwise have seen onscreen
D:\Desktop\XCopy test\20200208 wakeup - Copy\20200208 110445 .txt
D:\Desktop\XCopy test\20200208 wakeup - Copy\Screenshot (900).png
D:\Desktop\XCopy test\20200208 wakeup - Copy\Screenshot (901).png
D:\Desktop\XCopy test\20200208 wakeup - Copy\Screenshot (902).png
D:\Desktop\XCopy test\20200208 wakeup - Copy\Screenshot (903).png
D:\Desktop\XCopy test\20200208 wakeup - Copy\Screenshot (904).png
D:\Desktop\XCopy test\20200208 wakeup - Copy\Screenshot (905).png
7 File(s) copied

What is happening when you try this?

Denis

D,

You have corrected the paths?

Not

Code:

C:" 
D:"

but

Code:

"C:\ 
"D:\

Denis

Try3 said:

You have corrected the paths?

Interesting Denis.
I've just checked my original .BAT file rather than "wot" I wrote in here yesterday...

Yes and no... I was writing XCopy C:"Apps\etc etc" D:"etc etc" whereas the actual BAT file has...

XCopy C\:"Apps\etc etc" D:"etc etc" so the only difference is where the quote marks start...

I start my quotes after the drive designations, here you start the quotes to include the drives...

Both methods seem to work... To be honest I have no idea what the correct method is... It's such a long time ago I played with such things...

And...
The "....\xcopy.log" appended to the end worked okay.

Thanks, appreciated.

Ax










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I will mark the thread when I'm sure it is working okay, ATM I have a problem and will return after some thoughts and tests.
Ax

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Right, my little other problem is now resolved, so on to final notes.

Not that it made any difference to the functioning of the XCopy commands... My quotes as previously written inside the drive designation... XCopy C:"etc\etc" in the BAT file... I've now standardised to what seems the norm.

XCopy "C:\etc\etc"

Tidied up the BAT file and added the required >Path to the output file where required.

All is working okay.

So thanks for the advice, much appreciated.

Arturox

Arturox,

I could not find an authoritative document that stated that quotation marks should surround paths that contain spaces or that they were not required for paths that did not contain any spaces.

So I thought a demonstration might be useful.
- Open both a Command prompt window and a File explorer window and arrange them onscreen so you can see both at the same time.

Test 1.1 In the Command prompt window, type Dir followed by a space Dir ,
Test 1.2 In the File explorer window, find or create a folder that has no spaces in it and select that folder,
Test 1.3 Drag the folder from File explorer into the Command prompt window,
Test 1.4 You'll see that it fills in the command with the path {so you could, if you wanted, press Return & the command would be correctly actioned}.

Test 2.1 On a new line in the Command prompt window, type Dir followed by a space Dir ,
Test 2.2 In the File explorer window, find or create a folder that has spaces in it and select that folder,
Test 2.3 Drag the folder from File explorer into the Command prompt window,
Test 2.4 You'll see that it fills in the command with the path enclosed within quotation marks {so you could, if you wanted, press Return & the command would be correctly actioned}.

Denis