xcopy file, rename, suppress “Does xxx specify a file name…” message

问题:

This seems pretty simple and maybe I'm just overlooking the proper flag, but how would I, in one command, copy a file from one directory to another and rename it in the destination directory? Here's my command:

if exist "bin\development\whee.config.example"   if not exist "TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config"     xcopy "bin\development\whee.config.example"           "TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config" 

It prompts me with the following every time:

Does TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config specify a file name or directory name on the target (F = file, D = directory)?

I want to suppress this prompt; the answer is always F.

回答1:

Don't use the xcopy, use copy instead, it doesn't have this issue.

xcopy is generally used when performing recursive copies of multiple files/folders, or when you need the verification/prompting features it offers. For single file copies, the copy command works just fine.

回答2:

I use

echo f | xcopy /f /y srcfile destfile 

to get around it.

回答3:

Another option is to use a destination wildcard. Note that this only works if the source and destination filenames will be the same, so while this doesn't solve the OP's specific example, I thought it was worth sharing.

For example:

xcopy /y "bin\development\whee.config.example" "TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\*"  

will create a copy of the file "whee.config.example" in the destination directory without prompting for file or directory.

Update: As mentioned by @chapluck:

You can change "* " to "[newFileName].*". It persists file extension but allows to rename. Or more hacky: "[newFileName].[newExt]*" to change extension

回答4:

There is some sort of undocumented feature in XCOPY. you can use:

xcopy "bin\development\whee.config.example" "c:\mybackup\TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config*"

i tested it just today. :-)

回答5:

Just go to http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491035.aspx

Here's what the MAIN ISSUE is "... If Destination does not contain an existing directory and does not end with a backslash (), the following message appears: ...

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

You can suppress this message by using the /i command-line option, which causes xcopy to assume that the destination is a directory if the source is more than one file or a directory.

Took me a while, but all it takes is RTFM.

回答6:

So, there is a simple fix for this. It is admittedly awkward, but it works. xcopy will not prompt to find out if the destination is a directory or file IF the new file(filename) already exists. If you precede your xcopy command with a simple echo to the new filename, it will overwrite the empty file. Example

echo.>newfile.txt xcopy oldfile.txt newfile.txt /Y 

回答7:

This is from Bills answer.

Just to be really clear for others.

If you are copying ONE file from one place to another AND you want the full directory structure to be created, use the following command:

xcopy "C:\Data\Images\2013\08\12\85e4a707-2672-481b-92fb-67ecff20c96b.jpg" "C:\Target Data\\Images\2013\08\12\85e4a707-2672-481b-92fb-67ecff20c96b.jpg\"  

Yes, put a backslash at the end of the file name and it will NOT ask you if it's a file or directory. Because there is only ONE file in the source, it will assume it's a file.

回答8:

I suggest robocopy instead of copy or xcopy. Used as command or in GUI on clients or servers. Tolerant of network pauses and you can choose to ignore file attributes when copying of copy by file attributes. Oh, and it supports multi-core machines so files are copied much faster in "parallel" with each other instead of sequentially. robocopy can be found on MS TechNet.

回答9:

Back to the original question:

 xcopy "bin\development\whee.config.example" "TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config" 

could be done with two commands eg:

mkdir "c:\mybackup\TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config\.." xcopy "bin\development\whee.config.example" "c:\mybackup\TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config\" 

By simply appending "\.." to the path of the destination file the destination directory is created if it not already exists. In this case

"c:\mybackup\TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\" 

which is the parent directory of the non-existing directory

"c:\mybackup\TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config\.." 

At least for WIN7 mkdir does not care if the directory

"c:\mybackup\TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config\" 

really exists.

回答10:

Use copy instead of xcopy when copying files.

e.g. copy "bin\development\whee.config.example" "TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\whee.config"

回答11:

xcopy src dest /I

REM This assumes dest is a folder and will create it, if it doesnt exists

回答12:

I had a similar issue and both robocopy and xcopy did not help, as I wanted to suppress the comments and use a different destination filename. I found

type filename.txt > destfolder\destfilename.txt 

working as per my requirements.

回答13:

For duplicating large files, xopy with /J switch is a good choice. In this case, simply pipe an F for file or a D for directory. Also, you can save jobs in an array for future references. For example:

$MyScriptBlock = {     Param ($SOURCE, $DESTINATION)      'F' | XCOPY $SOURCE $DESTINATION /J/Y      #DESTINATION IS FILE, COPY WITHOUT PROMPT IN DIRECT BUFFER MODE } JOBS +=START-JOB -SCRIPTBLOCK $MyScriptBlock -ARGUMENTLIST $SOURCE,$DESTIBNATION $JOBS | WAIT-JOB | REMOVE-JOB 

Thanks to Chand with a bit modifications: https://stackoverflow.com/users/3705330/chand

回答14:

Since you're not actually changing the filename, you can take out the filename from the destination and there will be no questions.

xcopy bin\development\whee.config.example TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\  /Y 

This approach works well when the destination directory is guaranteed to exist, and when the source may equally be a file or directory.

回答15:

Work Around, use ReName... and Name it some Cryptic Name, then ReName it to its Proper Name

C:

CD "C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Web Sites\AngelFire~Zoe\"

XCopy /D /I /V /Y "C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Web Sites\HostGator ~ ZoeBeans\cop.htm"

Ren "cop.htm" "christ-our-passover.htm"

回答16:

xcopy will allow you to copy a single file into a specifed folder it just wont allow you to define a destination name. If you require the destination name just rename it before you copy it.

ren "bin\development\whee.config.example" whee.config

xcopy /R/Y "bin\development\whee.config" "TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\"

回答17:

The right thing to do if you wanna copy just file and change it's name at destination is :

xcopy /f /y "bin\development\example.exe" "TestConnectionExternal\bin\Debug\NewName.exe*"

And it's Gonna work fine

回答18:

XCOPY with * at the end of the target to copy files whether they exist or not in destination XCOPY with \ at the end of the target to copy folders and contents whether exist or not in destination

Alternatively

RoboForm SOURCE DEST FILE for files RoboForm SOURCE DEST for folders

回答19:

You cannot specify that it's always a file. If you don't need xcopy's other features, why not just use regular copy?

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