From: not.my.real@email.address   
      
   On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:02:03 GMT, Steve Urbach wrote:   
      
   > On Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:38 -0800, pyotr filipivich   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>Greetings   
   >>   
   >>Just trying to run a simple batch file.   
   >>     xcopy D:\*.*  G:\backups /s /m   
   >>And it copies the first file (backups.bat) and then 'codes' out with   
   >>an "insufficient memory" error.   
   >>   
   >>     Where?  There's room on the disk drive.  Watching the various   
   >>graphs the memory usage does hit the top - is that what it is "doing"?   
   >>Windows can't run a "simple DOS command" w/o running out of memory?   
   >>   
   >>     The "funny" part is the other batch file, which does a similar   
   >>thing, only not with music files, works fine.   So, what am I missing   
   >>in terms of memory management in a batch file?   
   >>   
   >>oh yes, running XP home sp 3   
   >>-   
   >>pyotr filipivich   
   >>"Remember, the moral of our show. Put your troubles away until tomorrow.   
   >>If you're lucky, somebody will break into your house tonight and steal   
   >>them."   
   >>   Dean Martin   
   > Is it possible there are recursive shortcuts on D:   
   >   
   > (I can't believe xcopy is that stupid)   
      
   It's not. Xcopy doesn't follow shortcuts; it copies the .lnk files, not the   
   targets.   
      
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