Question

I download a copy software name fastcopy, and it gives a command line to execute copy files.
The command :

A basic format is as follows.

fastcopy.exe [/options] file1 file2
… [/to=dest_dir]

Please use space character(‘ ‘) as
separator(not semicolon). If filename
contains space character, please
enclose with dobule quotation marks.
Ex) fastopy.exe C:\Windows “C:\Program
Files” /to=”D:\Backup Folder\”

Supported options are as follows.
(Please don’t put space characters
before and behind “=”)

/cmd=(noexist_only|diff|update|sync|force_copy|move|delete)
… Specify operation mode. (By
default, diff mode is used. If delete
mode is specified, then “/to=” option
isn’t used.)

So, my original code to execute the fastcopy.exe was:

// fastcopy the software folder
$cmd = 'D:\\fastcopy\\fastcopy.exe d:\\files.rar /to="e:\\"';
exec( $cmd,$result)

but it seem didn’t work.

So, How to execute it??

fastcopy web page

link to direct download only 300kb

Thank you very much!!

Answer 1

Probably because you’re using double-backslashes when you shouldn’t be. Single quotes strings don’t need your backslashes escaping unless it’s the very last character in the string.