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MS DOS Command: COPY

Reference from Microsoft WinXP cmd help

Description

Copies one or more files to another location.

Syntax

COPY [/D] [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B] [+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]]

Parameters

source	Specifies the file or files to be copied.
/A	Indicates an ASCII text file.
/B	Indicates a binary file.
/D	Allow the destination file to be created decrypted
destination	Specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s).
/V	Verifies that new files are written correctly.
/N	Uses short filename, if available, when copying a file with a non-8dot3 name.
/Y	Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
/-Y	Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
/Z	Copies networked files in restartable mode.

Remarks

The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable. This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. Default is to prompt on overwrites unless COPY command is being executed from within a batch script.

To append files, specify a single file for destination, but multiple files for source (using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format).