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   Message 41,545 of 42,547   
   Herbert Kleebauer to miguel.svq@gmail.com   
   Re: Bug, feature or my fault?   
   19 Apr 17 01:03:54   
   
   From: klee@unibwm.de   
      
   On 18.04.2017 14:29, miguel.svq@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Having this directory structure and files...   
   >   
   > C:\here\origin\File.ext   
   > C:\here\origin\sub\   
   > C:\here\origin\sub\file.ext   
   > C:\here\dest\   
   >   
   > While being "C:\here\" I do:   
   >   
   > XCOPY "./origin/File.ext" "./dest/File.ext" /E /Y   
   >   
   > (Answer FILE to the question about copying file or directory)   
   > Says: 2 files copies . Shouldn't it be just 1?   
      
   You want to copy all files with the name "File.ext" in   
   C:\here\origin\ and it's subdirectories (option /E).   
   There are two such files and both are copied to the   
   given destination "./dest/File.ext", which means, the   
   second copy overwrites the first copy.   
      
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