xcopy deletes the directory.

The directory structure is as follows:

~
│  
--src
│  t test.txt
│  t test02.txt
│  │  
│  --save01
│  t tmp.csv
│  │      
│  s-save02
--target
    │  
    --save01
    s-save02

Now we used the following command to copy the text file from the src directory to the target directory:

xcopy src\*.txt target/s/y

This will remove the save01 directory from the target directory.
I know that if I remove the /s option, it won't be deleted, and I understand that the copy command, not xcopy, is sufficient in the first place, but I don't know why the save01 directory is deleted, so I'm worried.Please let me know.

windows

2022-09-30 18:41

2 Answers

I will reproduce it with the xcopy command in Windows 7/Windows Server 2012.

In this case, the implementation of xcopy "/S" appears to be flawed.
I can't see the sauce, so it's just my imagination, but I guess it's like this.

·Copy only the directory tree ("/S" specified, excluding empty directories)
·Copy the matching files in the copied directory tree
"·""/S"" is specified, so delete the directory tree that you copied with an empty destination directory

2022-09-30 18:41

There was a case like this.It's a little different from this one.

http://answers.microsoft.com/ja-jp/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/xcopy%E3%81%A7%E3%82%B3%E3%83%94%E3%83%BC%E5%85%88/711a5a86-7987-4bc4-8f0a-ce0fca7e53f2

2022-09-30 18:41

If you have any answers or tips

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