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Number   :  9118
Date     :  2004-11-02
Author   :  Peter Innes
Subject  :  Re: Copy to new Filename or Directory
Size(KB) :  2


Thanks very much for your swift reply. xxcopy seemed to be so powerful that it is a great surprise to me that it doesn't have such an obvious feature that even DOS xcopy had!

I'm trying to copy a file to a date-stamped filename. Over time a series of date-stamped copies of the file from at different times will build up. It's part of a backup strategy.

I may have to copy the file somewhere then rename.

Thanks,
Peter 

Garry Deane  wrote:

--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "peterdavidinnes" 
 wrote:
> 
> If I were to type 
> 
> xcopy filename new_filename
> 
> where new_filename does not already exist I get the message
> 
> Does new_filename specify a file name
> or directory name on the target
> (F = file, D = directory)
> 
> This allows me to either copy the file to a new file with a
> different name in the same directory or to a new directory.
> 
> However, with xxcopy it does not offer this option and assumes 
> new_filename is a directory. 
> 
> I want to create a new filename in the same directory using
> xxcopy. How do I do this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Peter

You're right that xxcopy doesn't allow you to rename files
as part of the copy operation. The destination is always
considered to be a directory and you can't change this.

However there are 2 command groups (/SGx and /SL/SX/SR) that
do some special renaming operations. Depending on what
you are trying to do, you may be able to use these to
accomplish the task.

Post again with the specifics (including OS) of what you
want to do and we might be able to help. Alternately, there
are plenty of file renaming programs freely available that
will almost certainly do what you want.

Garry





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