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Asked: 2026-06-03T05:27:11+00:00

Let me preface this question by saying that I am relatively new to writing

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Let me preface this question by saying that I am relatively new to writing batch files, so I apologize if my question seems remedial.

I’m trying to move files from a directory to a shared drive that I have mapped. I know that using “XCOPY c:\etc.. z:\etc.. /Y” will copy everything from one place to another, but what I don’t want to do is overwrite every file every time. Is there a way to copy just the files that are not located in the destination directory?

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  1. Editorial Team

    solution 1 :

    xcopy  /d/y

    should work……….

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    solution 2

    echo "No" | copy/-Y c:\source c:\Dest\

    working. tested

    2 folders have the same files , lets try to copy.

     C:\r\Roi>echo "No" | copy/-Y  . 2
.\DSpubring.pkr
Overwrite 2\DSpubring.pkr? (Yes/No/All): "No"
Overwrite 2\DSpubring.pkr? (Yes/No/All):
.\DSsecring.skr
Overwrite 2\DSsecring.skr? (Yes/No/All):
        0 file(s) copied.

    lets create 1 new file

    C:\r\Roi>copy con g.txt
sdfsdf
^Z
    1 file(s) copied.

    lets copy : 

    C:\r\Roi>echo "No" | copy/-Y  . 2
.\DSpubring.pkr
Overwrite 2\DSpubring.pkr? (Yes/No/All): "No"
Overwrite 2\DSpubring.pkr? (Yes/No/All):
.\DSsecring.skr
Overwrite 2\DSsecring.skr? (Yes/No/All):
.\g.txt
        1 file(s) copied. <------------ one file only
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