COPY        Copy one local file to another location

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Syntax:

COPY

[ src file ]  [ dest file ]

Arguments:

[ src name ]

Variable or string defining a file or path name; if no path is defined Robo-FTPs working folder is used.

 

[ dest name ]

Variable or string defining a file or path name; if no path is defined Robo-FTPs working folder is used.

Options:

none

 

 

 

Use this script command to copy the source file to the destination location.

 

For example, the following copies a file to a new folder and renames it.

 

COPY "c:\test\file" "c:\test2\file2"

 

If test2 is an existing folder, the following copies a file to the folder while retaining the original file name.

 

COPY "c:\test\file" "c:\test2"

 

Otherwise, file is copied to the root folder of drive C: and renamed to test2.

 

Wildcard characters are not permitted with this command. Use the DOSCMD script command if you need to copy, append, or move multiple files with a single command.

 

Related Command(s): APPEND, MOVE, DELETE, RENAME, WORKINGDIR