Batch self duplication

Question

How to make a batch program duplicate itself to a different folder?

I tied this but it did not delete the move file:

echo copy script.bat F:\ > move.bat

move.bat

del move.bat

Answer 1

You need only this:

copy "%~f0" "F:\"

See more about the parameter expansion here.The reason why your code didn't worked because you hadn't used call when you were executing move.bat (check this). And it is a bad idea to name your bats on already existing commands because at some point you can't know what exactly will be executed.