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Alexandre
Alexandre

Reputation: 13308

Bat file - remove and copy

I want to remove all directory content (subdirectories and files, but not the main directory). After that I want to copy all content from other directory to that directory. How could I do this?

This code doesn't work

cd C:\directory1
rmdir /s/q
pause

xcopy C:\directory2\directory22 C:\directory1 /s /e

Upvotes: 1

Views: 296

Answers (1)

wimh
wimh

Reputation: 15232

rmdir needs a directory to delete, so this will work, but you will get an error message:

cd C:\directory1
rmdir . /s /q
pause

xcopy C:\directory2\directory22 C:\directory1 /s /e

But you can also do this:

cd C:\
rmdir C:\directory1 /s /q
md C:\directory1
pause

xcopy C:\directory2\directory22 C:\directory1 /s /e

Upvotes: 2

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