Simple copy Command

[Matt]

Batch.

Can anyone explain to my why this doesnt work?

if not exist %windir%\system32\process.exe copy process.exe %windir%\system32\

Thanks so much!

Matt

[jcl]

Seems to work here.

[Matt]

Doh! Ifigured it out. I wasn't in the same directory as process.exe when I was telling it to be copied. Therefor, it couldn't find the file

[Matt]

ok.. why does this tell me the syntax is incorrect?

copy c:\test.txt %userprofile%\desktop\

Matt

[shanenin]

I am not getting that error When I use that syntax. I do think that you do need to use quotes

try these two examples

dir %userprofile%\desktop

and this

dir "%userprofile%\desktop"

[Matt]

Thanks shane, the quotes did it!

[shanenin]

because %userprofile% expands to "C:\documents and settings\owner" (it may have a different user name). because of the spaces in "documents and settings" you need to enclose it in quotes

[shanenin]

think of it this way. the copy command needs two arguments. The first one is the file you are going to copy, the second is the destination to copy it two. CMD.exe splits the arguments up with spaces. So it is kind of like this, you used 4 arguments

copy(command)  test.txt(first argument)  C:\documents(second argument)  and(third argument)  settings\desktop(fourth argument)

by using quotes you have just two arguments

copy(command)  test.txt(first argument)  "C:\documents and settings\desktop"(second argument)

Edited June 26, 2006 by shanenin