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xcopy
xcopy source destination [options]An older Windows command for copying files and directory trees, largely superseded by robocopy but still present and occasionally used in legacy scripts.
// FLAGS
/scopy directories and subdirectories, except empty ones/elike /s but also copies empty directories/iassume the destination is a directory when copying multiple files/ysuppress overwrite confirmation// EXAMPLE
xcopy C:\Data D:\Backup /e /i /y — copies the entire Data folder structure, including empty folders, without prompting.
// GOTCHA
Microsoft's own documentation recommends robocopy for anything new — xcopy lacks robocopy's resume/retry/mirror capabilities and mostly turns up in older scripts.
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