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etoisarobot
Asked: 2013-03-08 10:51:46 +0800 CST

Why is Xcopy ignoring /i flag?

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This may take the cake for the simplest questions asked here but I have a script that I want to just copy a file and not prompt me with "Does C:\Filename.bin specify a filename or a directory?"

The command is just 

xcopy C:\sourceFolder\sourceFile.bin C:\destFolder\destFile.bin /i

but it keeps prompting me. I am running this on Server 2003. Maybe I just need to go to lunch.

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1 Answers

  1. From the xcopy technet page:

    If Source is a directory or contains wildcards and Destination does not exist, xcopy assumes Destination specifies a directory name and creates a new directory. Then, xcopy copies all specified files into the new directory. By default, xcopy prompts you to specify whether Destination is a file or a directory.

    Since you're not using a wildcard, /I is ignored. You might want /q.

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