Suppressing xcopy prompt...

[watercooled]

Is it possible to get xcopy to copy just one file to another location without prompting:

Does destination specify a file name or directory name on the target (F = file, D = directory)?

I know you can get it to stop prompting if you want the destination to be a folder by adding "/" to the end of the destination, is there anything to stop this prompt when copying a file though?
Thanks

[spoon_]

Which prompt you talking about? To overwrite?

[watercooled]

No I mean the one I quoted, it pops up when I run the batch file because I'm only backing up one file and it doesn't know whether 'destination' is a file or directory name.

[pardal51]

robocopy

[spoon_]

Pipe it in then..

Create a text file with a "F", lets assume its file.txt

XCOPY /i "Source_path" "Destination_path" < file.txt

Failing this, did you hear about robocopy?

[watercooled]

Thanks, I never thought of that. Also is there a simple way to get a batch file to purge old backups from a folder for example after there are 5 files it starts deleting the oldest one? It does sound like a bit of a stretch for a batch file though...

[pardal51]

Thanks, I never thought of that. Also is there a simple way to get a batch file to purge old backups from a folder for example after there are 5 files it starts deleting the oldest one? It does sound like a bit of a stretch for a batch file though...

robocopy is the way to go....
/MAXAGE:n :: MAXimum file AGE - exclude files older than n days/date.

[watercooled]

Ah thanks again. I made my backup template on XP so I used xcopy but it looks like it's definitely worth using robocopy for this!!

[RockDragon]

Use the following command and it will work.

echo f | xcopy /Y source destination

It worked for me and you won't have to use a third party program if you don't want to.

[CWH]

Also, RichCopy is a useful alternative.
Another M/S sideline like RoboCopy, but a GUI version.

Colin

[MaddAussie]

there is a GUI for robocopy that will let you build whole batch files

[watercooled]

Yeah I have richcopy on my PC it's really useful. For this though I ended up using my original script but I added a / to the end so it just creates a new folder each time. I may make one which purges old backups soon but for now this one works fine.
Thanks for all the help everyone!!