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McD0n3ld
McD0n3ld

Reputation: 199

Copying directories with special character ®

I am making a batch file to copy some directories and subdirectories to a safe place (backup purposes). But if the path contains special characters like ® the script does not work.

:: Call Of Duty® 2
xcopy "F:\Archivos de Programa\Call Of Duty® 2\main\players" "D:\BackUp\savegames\Call Of Duty® 2\main\players\" /E /F /Y

In console the ® shows up as « , so a "not found" exception shows up.

I have tried using UTF-8 and ANSI codification but none of those worked.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 3130

Answers (1)

Thomas
Thomas

Reputation: 605

I think it will work if you also change the code-page of the console to 65001, which is "kind of" a UTF-8 codepage. To do this you must add a command to your batch-file:

:: Call Of Duty® 2
chcp 65001
xcopy "F:\Archivos de Programa\Call Of Duty® 2\main\players" ^
    "D:\BackUp\savegames\Call Of Duty® 2\main\players\" /E /F /Y

For more information on 65001 read: Is codepage 65001 and utf-8 the same thing? or google 65001+"UTF-8"

Upvotes: 5

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