hi all, suddenly a batch file wth an xcopy command in has stopped working. This batch file has worked fine for a while now. The file simply copies a number of files from the C drive to the E drive. Nothing has changed, the drive letter has not changed etc any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks

Hi Are you trying to make sure that the destination directory is empty in this way? It is NOT a good idea to assume that C:\signat~1 or C:\signat~2 will refer to the same directory as C:\signatures Good Luck

sorry but i dont quite understand what you mean

Hi 1.Dear, check your Drive that has empty space 2.Check your file name wasn't same to an old file or folder Good Luck

so do you mean check and make sure the E drive is empty?

Yes dear and also check that 2 same name exist or not good luck

Check the destination drive is formatted with NTFS partition to accommodate larger file size (> 4GB) from source directory. Thanks

Hi, Please check if files are locked when doing the copy. Meanwhile, have a try to use Robocopy to do the same step and see the result. TechNet Subscriber Support in forum |If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tnmff@microsoft.com.

the drive has been reformatted - the user also tells me he has tried the same batch file on another computer and it works ok. Does this mean the issue is with the computer the batch file is being ran from?

i restored the folder from previous versions and the xcopy batch file worked ok. What could have changed that will cause the xcopy to fail?

is there any way xcopy can show me which file or folder is causing the copy to fail?

/c makes xcopy move on without reporting the error - this is the closest match to what i want thanks all for the help

hyperNoddy, I understand that you have found a solution to your problem but, I would suggest using robocopy instead of xcopy since robocopy has a logging feature. Jason