I have mapped a Samba shared drive to a Windows box. I would like to use the command line to access the shared drive (Z:), to copy some files over.
Is this possible? I can't seem to find it.
Add a comment
|
3 Answers
If you've already mapped it, it's just another drive, albeit one that might be a little slower and more subject to failure since it's at the other end of a wire :-)
Hence you really just want either the copy or xcopy command:
copy z:\*.txt c:\temp
is the simplest form which will copy over all the text files (one level only) to a temporary directory on c:. Use either copy /? or xcopy /? from the command line to get all the gory options.
I tend to use:
xcopy z:\ c:\temp /e /v /c /i /f /y /z
for doing entire directory trees.
C:\Documents and Settings\Pax>xcopy /? Copies files and directory trees.XCOPY source [destination] [/A | /M] [/D[:date]] [/P] [/S [/E]] [/V] [/W] [/C] [/I] [/Q] [/F] [/L] [/G] [/H] [/R] [/T] [/U] [/K] [/N] [/O] [/X] [/Y] [/-Y] [/Z] [/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...]
source Specifies the file(s) to copy. destination Specifies the location and/or name of new files. /A Copies only files with the archive attribute set, doesn't change the attribute. /M Copies only files with the archive attribute set, turns off the archive attribute. /D:m-d-y Copies files changed on or after the specified date. If no date is given, copies only those files whose source time is newer than the destination time. /EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]... Specifies a list of files containing strings. Each string should be in a separate line in the files. When any of the strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be copied, that file will be excluded from being copied. For example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the .obj extension respectively. /P Prompts you before creating each destination file. /S Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones. /E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones. Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T. /V Verifies each new file. /W Prompts you to press a key before copying. /C Continues copying even if errors occur. /I If destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assumes that destination must be a directory. /Q Does not display file names while copying. /F Displays full source and destination file names while copying. /L Displays files that would be copied. /G Allows the copying of encrypted files to destination that does not support encryption. /H Copies hidden and system files also. /R Overwrites read-only files. /T Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes empty directories and subdirectories. /U Copies only files that already exist in destination. /K Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes. /N Copies using the generated short names. /O Copies file ownership and ACL information. /X Copies file audit settings (implies /O). /Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. /-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file. /Z Copies networked files in restartable mode.
The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable. This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line.
To change drives from the command line, just type the drive letter followed by a colon.
C:\> Z:
Z:\>
Remember to accept correct answers.
You can also use subst to map a drive to UNC paths.
answered Jan 25, 2010 at 3:59
