Xcopy File Path Limit

Good evening: When I use COPY or XCOPY, I can use the long names for the directories using 's, but when copying using wild card like: xcopy C: 'Program Files' 'USAPhotoMaps' 'USAPhotoMapsData' u%1*.* F: USAMaps USAPhotoMapsData /y It uses the short name, which doesn't match the same criteria. I see the /N switch that says it will force the use of the short name, but leaving it off doesn't use the long name. Same results with xcopy and copy. BTW, I have verified that the%1 parameter really contains what I expect. Also, doing a DIR /x shows the files like u17nnnnnn.ptr with a short name of U10000~1. Bosch Highline Firmware Update. PTR, so I'm sure I am not misinterpreting the symptoms. Makes me a little afeared to try the next step which is a wild card delete of the same files.

Windows XP -dan My programs don't have bugs, they just develop random features. I tried the following two both with and without the /v. Don't see /v documented in help, but it didn't say invalid switch. Xcopy 'C: Program Files USAPhotoMaps USAPhotoMapsData u%1*.* F: USAMaps USAPhotoMapsData ' /v xcopy 'C: Program Files USAPhotoMaps USAPhotoMapsData u%1*.*' 'F: USAMaps USAPhotoMapsData ' /v Still uses the short name. With only one set of quotes like you had it said 'invalid path', which kinda makes sense. I figured you really meant 1 set of quotes around each path.

Yes, the 'u' is part of the file name. Naming convention is xnnymmmmm x is one of 6 letters. Nn is a number between 10-19 inclusive y is a constant 'y' mmmmm is a 5 digit sequential number I want to copy all the files for xnn from one directory to another. ******************************* WARNING! ******************************* You don't have to read this if you don't want, but here's the gory details. I am downloading files from Terraserver using UASPhotoMaps and Terrafetcher. X It creates a separate set of files for each image type (B&W photo, Topo and color Urban photo).

I'm trying to copy the My Documents directory from a Win XP pc to a Windows 7 pc. I used xcopy to copy the files onto an external HDD – there are a bit over 65,000 files. However when I tried to copy them onto the Win 7 pc, after copying around 45,000 files it stopped and said there was 'insufficient memory'. I am using the. In computing, XCOPY is a command used on PC DOS, MS-DOS, OS/2, Microsoft Windows, and related operating systems for copying multiple files or entire directory trees from one directory to another and for copying files across a network. XCOPY stands for extended copy, and was created as a more functional file copying utility than the copy. How do I limit the file matching of the xcopy. Where xcopy matches file names that. Its matching to the end of a file name, in addition to a path.

For each of those, there are two sets, one for each of the two resolutions. That's 6 sets, denoted by the six different letters the files begin with. Nn Then, each set is divided into a set for each UTM zone 10-19. Y Just to keep the 2 numbers apart, I guess. Mmmmm Then there's a separate file for each row of tiles downloaded. Several thousand for each zone.

I now have about 80,000 files. (Actually, for the higher resolutions this can be as much as 8 digits) When the project progresses, and especially when I create two converted versions (georeferenced.jpgs and geoTiffs) these files will take up WAY more than I can fit on my little 200GB disk, so I need to spread them out to several 500GB drives. Screwy part is, the programs will only read and D/L from the installed drive. SO, I want to be able to copy an entire zone onto the install disk while I work on it. AND have the option of copying in 2 zones to work between them both.

Then copying one or both back to work another place. Hence passing the zone as a parameter. I only showed one statement, but there'll actually be 6 copy statements, one for each of the 6 letters. If someone doesn't come up with a solution, I may just create a directory for each zone and then just have to limit myself to working on one zone at a time. More details: It's stranger than I thought.