Analyzing the CMD commands
Analyzing the CMD commands
Good evening. I’m working through a VM Lab for my A+ certification course at home. I’m comfortable with most computer concepts but haven’t really focused on programming. The issue I’m facing is trying to grasp why certain files appear even when they’re not in the expected directory—like the “help” message that shows up in the CMD window. I get some ideas, such as using /s /h to reveal hidden files, and I know xcopy is used for copying files with options like /s, /h, etc. The command I’m trying to understand is copying from one folder to another while preserving hidden items. I’m not sure why the /s /e /y part is necessary or what each component means in other commands. I’m hoping to learn more from this community to better understand these concepts. Please let me know if anyone has encountered this before or can explain it clearly.
These options are features for using xcopy with the command line. /s copies folders and subfolders, leaving out empty ones; /e includes any subfolder, even if it contains nothing, and will overwrite files without asking. /y lets you overwrite files automatically when prompted. The asterisk in commands acts as a wildcard, so this command copies everything from the specified path, including all folders and subfolders, overwriting anything in the destination silently. Using /s is unnecessary here since /e already handles empty directories, but it still copies them.
Here is the information from the Microsoft documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows...ands/xcopy