Robocopy - Copy directory into another directory

I can't believe that I am having trouble in copying a directory into another directory via the windows command line.

What I want to do is simple -:

Lets say I have a directory -:

C:\test

and I want to copy test to D: So in D there should be a folder like the following-:

D:\test

when I use

robocopy C:\test D:\test \E

D drive ends up with the contents of C:\test in the root rather than being contained in a directory called test.

How do you do this simple thing ?

3 Answers

If you want to create an exact duplicate, use the following version (which is equivalent to adding /E and /PURGE:

robocopy c:\source d:\destination /MIR

If all you want to do is copy the directories and subdirectories including empty ones, use

robocopy c:\source d:\destination /E

It is the backslash on the E option that was getting you.

To learn more about Robocopy here is a handy search:

2

Although this answer doesn't use robocopy, I think it still does the purpose of copying directories.

You could try using: xcopy

Usage: xcopy source [destination] ...

You could check for more details by executing xcopy /?

Source: HOW TO: Copy a Folder to Another Folder and Retain its Permissions.

1

Use Robocopy (Robust File Copy)

robocopy c:\test d:\test /s /e *.*

/s switch is for copying all sub directories and /e switch is for copying all the empty sub directories & *.* means (all files).(any extensions)

syntax:

robocopy source-folder destination-folder files switches

Please visit this link for more information about robocopy.

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