Batch copy gives errors, xcopy works fine

Question

I am writing a general file backup program. It searches the drive for files matching a set of types and then writes them to a folder on the desktop. I wrote it using xcopy on Windows XP but upon learning that xcopy was deprecated in favor of robocopy in Vista and newer, still wanting to maintain compatibility I decided to switch to the non-deprecated copy.

This is where the problems begin. I'm trying to fix the copy routine. I thought I had everything sorted out, but it doesn't copy anything. My output is zero files copied for every iteration.

Original Code using xcopy:

for /r %%a in (*.bmp *.dds *.gif *.jpg *.jpeg *.png *.psd *.pspimage *.tga *.thm *.tif *.tiff) do (
   echo f | xcopy "%%a" "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\LDR\Images\Bitmap\%%~nxa" /q /y /g /c
)

Revised (broken) Code using copy:

for /r %%a in (*.bmp *.dds *.gif *.jpg *.jpeg *.png *.psd *.pspimage *.tga *.thm *.tif *.tiff) do (
   copy "%%a" "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\LDR\Images\Bitmap\%%~nxa" /d /y /z
)

Output:

The system cannot find the path specified.
    0 files copied.

I know that it seems everyone uses either xcopy or robocopy but can anyone help with copy?

Note: I'm using Batch to keep it very lightweight and command-line accessible.

Answer 1

Solution finally found!

Apparently xcopy creates directories if they're not specified. I didn't have the \LDR\Images\Bitmap filepath laid out already. copy doesn't know how to make folders so I'll have to generate them beforehand, which is a little annoying because with xcopy it wouldn't make folders when there weren't any files to put in them. With copy I'm making folders assuming they'll be filled.

Thanks for the help. FOR THE RECORD: copy does not create nonexistent file paths. xcopy does!

UPDATE: My final solution. Runs like a champ.

for /r %%a in (*.bmp *.dds *.gif *.jpg *.jpeg *.png *.psd *.pspimage *.tga *.thm *.tif *.tiff) do (
   if not exist "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\LDR\Images\Bitmap\" (md "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\LDR\Images\Bitmap\")
   copy "%%a" "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Desktop\LDR\Images\Bitmap\%%~nxa" /d /y /z
)