xcopy cyclic copy .txt files

Question

I am trying to use XCopy to copy all text files of folder structure to another folder, while copying the subfolder structure.

Here is what I have

xcopy /s "./Folder1/*.txt" "./Folder2/

The error I am getting is " Cannot perform a cyclic copy"

Any help?

I mean just for testing... the error you get appear usually when recursive source and target locations overlap... by the way, there is a closing `"` missing... — aschipfl, Jul 08 '16 at 20:04

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '16 at 20:31

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It works with backslashes:

xcopy /s ".\Folder1\*.txt" ".\Folder2\"

answered Jul 08 '16 at 20:31

skaa

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That's my answer: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38858718/npm-script-copy-package-json-to-dist-when-bundling/51371023#51371023 – IsraGab Jul 16 '18 at 22:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 01 '21 at 14:28

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Did you check if you are copying something where it hits the file which is running? I've experienced that if the command I'm running is somewhere where the command actually hits it stops with that error

answered Jul 01 '21 at 14:28

Alban Lusitanae

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xcopy cyclic copy .txt files

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