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hi

how do i do what the title says?

Copy file from my documents to A: In command prompt

is there a way i can view files in the my documents folder? so i can check the filename? thanks

what would i have to type in for AAA.doc from my documents to the A drive? the whole laptop is screwed... i just desperately need the essay that is on the hard drive

Thanks!

use /dir to look up the content of drive. but for the rest dont know sorry

...maybe "cd 'My Documents'" "copy AAA.doc A:\"?

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Originally posted by ins4ne
use /dir to look up the content of drive. but for the rest dont know sorry

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it just gives loads of .exes and i cant 'scroll up' to see whats at the start of the list.

Syntax:

COPY SOURCE DESTINATION

eg:

copy "c:\my documents\aaa.doc" a:


Syntax:

DIR path_or_filename [/W] [/P]

can include wildcards
/W optional, show the list in a wide view
/P optional, show the list page per page

eg:

dir "c:\my documents\*.doc"
dir "c:\my documents\hello?.exe" /p
dir "c:\my documents\a*.xls" /w



more detailed help can be found if you enter the /? parameter after the command you want to use. eg:
  dir /?
  cd /?
  copy /?
etc...

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Originally posted by M73A
Copy file from my documents to A: In command prompt

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code:

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cd "c:\documents and settings\<username>\my documents"
cp filename.ext a:\filename.ext

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Originally posted by M73A
is there a way i can view files in the my documents folder? so i can check the filename? thanks

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code:

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cd "c:\documents and settings\<username>\my documents"
dir *.ext /p

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Originally posted by M73A
what would i have to type in for AAA.doc from my documents to the A drive?

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code:

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copy "c:\documents and settings\<username>\my documents\AAA.doc" a:\AAA.doc

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EDIT: yea i'm slow

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Originally posted by M73A
it just gives loads of .exes and i cant 'scroll up' to see whats at the start of the list.

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damn thats not so good. command prompt sux. do you know where your essaye is? main folder? subfolder?

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
...maybe "cd 'My Documents'" "copy AAA.doc A:\"?

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my documents give invalid directory

thanks a ton for the help guys

hey dempsey its windows 98, so it doesnt have the documents and settings bit.... i think

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Originally posted by M73A

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Originally posted by ShawnZ
...maybe "cd 'My Documents'" "copy AAA.doc A:\"?

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my documents give invalid directory

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because that command makes no sense

see "CookieRevised's reply to [URGENT]Copy file from my documents to A: In command prompt"

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Originally posted by M73A
hey dempsey its windows 98, so it doesnt have the documents and settings bit.... i think

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it does... only there is a possebility that your command prompt will show everything in 8.3 format and not in long file names.

Everything works the same in 8.3 format, only names are shorter (max 8 characters long and max 3 characters for the extension)...

So start at your root, which is C:   :
c:      thanks to shawnz for notifying about the mistake
cd \

next, list the directories in the root:
dir *. /p

now you'll see a bunch of directories, go to the "Documents and Settings" directory (or whatever equivalent it is in 98, don't remember). If it is 8.3 format, it would be something like this:
cd docume~1

again show the list of directories:
dir *. /p

Now go to your user name:
cd myname

Do again a list of directories:
dir *. /p

You now should see the "my documents" folder, so go to it:
cd mydocu~1

of course your path to "my documents" can be different (I used "c:\documents and settings\myname\my documents" for the example, but the way to get there just the same stuff...)

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
because that command makes no sense

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why?

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
cd c:

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that, however, makes no sense. you can't cd to a drive.


cd c:\windows\profiles\myusername\mydocu~1\
c:


that is the correct way to change drives