Running a certain XCOPY command without user interaction

Question

I am trying to run the following command in Windows CLI:

XCOPY Z:\.vimrc %USERPROFILE%\_vimrc /H

The /H part needs to be there because Z:\.vimrc is a hidden file.

When I run the command above, I get the following message:

Does C:\Users\Matt\_vimrc specify a file name
or directory name on target
(F = file, D = directory)?

This command will eventually be part of a BAT file and I don't want that prompt. The answer to it is always "F".

If .vimrc and _vimrc were named the same, I could just run one of these commands and be done with it:

XCOPY Z:\.vimrc %USERPROFILE%\ /H
XCOPY Z:\.vimrc %USERPROFILE% /H /I

But they are not, so I can't. How do I suppress that message?

I know I could copy it with the same file name and then move it, but c'mon, does this really have to be two commands? I'm just copying a file.

Note: When there is already a %USERPROFILE%\_vimrc file, the message does not appear.

Answer 1

Ugh.

echo F | XCOPY Z:\.vimrc %USERPROFILE%\_vimrc /H

Answer 2

Hack:

type Z:\.vimrc > "%USERPROFILE%\_vimrc"

Answer 3

I really cannot see the problem with renaming afterwards

xcopy Z:\.vimrc %USERPROFILE%\ /H && ren %USERPROFILE%\.vimrc _vimrc

If there is a possibility of the file existing already:

if NOT EXIST %USERPROFILE%\_vimrc (
    xcopy Z:\.vimrc %USERPROFILE%\ /H && ren %USERPROFILE%\.vimrc _vimrc
) ELSE (
    del %USERPROFILE%\_vimrc
    xcopy Z:\.vimrc %USERPROFILE%\ /H && ren %USERPROFILE%\.vimrc _vimrc
)