indirect copy on a network drive

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Hi.

I am Trying To Copy A file using The cmd Line.

When I copy It on The local disk The Following command Works:

C:\>copy \1\a.txt \1\b.txt

If I try The Same Line on a mapped Network drive It Fails

If I try The Same Command but without The inner folders

It works :
T:\>COPY A.TXT B.TXT

How Can I Copy With directions to Inner Folders On A Network Drine ?

Thanks

Dj4400

Posted 21-May-13 23:44pm

dj4400

Updated 22-May-13 0:02am

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[no name] 22-May-13 6:04am

What does this have to do with C? Or C++? What does "It Fails" mean? The error message that is displayed to you when "It Fails" would tell you what is wrong.

Richard MacCutchan 22-May-13 9:42am

Does the folder 1 actually exist in the root of the T drive?

Jiří Miklík 23-May-13 9:08am

It seems you have no rights to write in inner folder on mapped disk T:

dj4400 27-May-13 3:45am

The coonection to c ++ is that i want to make this copy command in my app.
So I Tried it First on The cmd Line

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H.Brydon · Answer 1 · 2013-05-26T18:05:00

Solution 1

As noted in comments, this doesn't look like a C/C++ problem.

My guess is that the network drive has insufficient access for you to write to it. The problem is either directory (or file) ownership or file protection on the network drive.

Posted 26-May-13 18:05pm

H.Brydon

dj4400 · Answer 2 · 2013-05-26T21:52:00

Solution 2

It appears that the required syntax
Is With "."
The command:
T:\>copy .\1\a.txt .\1\b.txt

Works.
However i Am
Not Sure I Understand Why...

Posted 26-May-13 21:52pm

dj4400

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Richard MacCutchan 27-May-13 4:14am

Obviously because there is no directory named 1 in the root of the drives, but there is one below your current working directory. I suggest you read the technical documentation on path names and their structure.