Hi gang,
I just tried the following in IRB:
irb(main):005:0> r = xcopy /s a\*.* b\*.*
Cannot perform a cyclic copy
=> “0 File(s) copied\n”
irb(main):006:0> r = xcopy /d a\*.* b\*.*
=> “0 File(s) copied\n”
But in a regular shell:
C:\Documents and Settings\Dev\Desktop\xcopytest>xcopy /s a*.* b*.*
a\1.file
a\2.file
a\3.file
a\4.file
a\5.file
a\files\1.file
a\files\2.file
a\files\3.file
a\files\4.file
9 File(s) copied
Both are run from the same directory, so irb shouldn’t say that it can’t
find folder a.
irb(main):009:0> dir.each { |x| puts x }
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is C48E-4DA2
Directory of C:\Documents and Settings\Dev\Desktop\xcopytest
03/14/2006 10:33 PM .
03/14/2006 10:33 PM …
03/14/2006 10:33 PM a
03/14/2006 10:33 PM b
0 File(s) 0 bytes
Any ideas?
Thanks,
-dave
PS What I’m looking for is a way to backup data from one drive to
another. If there’s a helper library out there for this, great! If not,
I’ll build the script in Ruby and hand off the copying tasks to xcopy to
do the dirty work. Much faster anyway, I’m sure.
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