[polymath]

Hi,
I was trying to create a batch file to copy certian files based on user imput. The user imput section works great, but my install section doesn't seem to work. I am using the xcopy command to copy files from a directory on a cd to my program files folder. Here is an excerpt from my code:

:INSTALL
ECHO.
ECHO Installing...
XCOPY \setup_files\test\ ("c:\program files\") /E /C /I /Q /H /R /T /K /O /Y
ECHO.
ECHO Finished with setup.
ECHO.
GOTO EXIT

The xcopy line returns an "invalid path" error from the command window, and i was wondering what went wrong with my program.

Polymath

[no2pencil]

What is the full path of \setup_files\test\?

[polymath]

I have heard that i do not need the full path because it is in the root directory of a drive letter, so it auto-detects the current drive its in. I am sure of this because i used the command "START \setup_files\test\test.txt" and it worked (obviously text.txt existed in this folder on the same drive as the .BAT file). The same should work for xcopy, i am assuming.

[polymath]

I was wondering, is there some differance between the XCOPY and the START commands that would cause such a differance? Is my syntax wrong for xcopy? do i need a modifier that specifies that i am copying directories?

SOMEBODY PLEASE REPLY!

[polymath]

For some reason when i removed some of the switches and changed to a differant second path, plus removed the () from the second path, it works fine. Normally with most dos commands it allows you to structure with ()s but it seems that for XCOPY that doesn't work.

EDIT: I went to computerhope.com and saw that XCOPY is an external command, does that cause it to behave differantly?