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I use xcopy and batch scripting to backup newer files xcopy "src" "dest" /O /X /E /H /K /I /D. I was asked if I want to replace something which should not happen. So I did the copy process manually and found the following

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Filename not equal

How can these two filenames be equal?

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  • *Sensitive information, not Sensible. ;) Dec 22, 2014 at 17:06
  • Thanks man! The German translation is "sensible Informationen" and yet no one before corrected me... but probably made fun about me ;).
    – dkeck
    Dec 22, 2014 at 20:43

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ADVANC~2(2).PDF is a long filename (no 8.3 notation). It is the copy of the 8.3 notated file ADVANC~2.PDF and became this way a file with a long name.

What is its 8.3 name?

use:

dir /x ADVANC~2 (2).PDF

The 8.3 name will be most likely ADVANC~4.PDF

These are the limitations of the 8.3 / long filename mix.

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