(1) To make a duplicate of the original. See
Save As,
shallow copy,
Win Copy between windows,
Win Copy/Move files/folders and
XCopy.
(2) An internal DOS/Windows command for creating duplicate disk files. The Copy command, which uses a straightforward COPY-FROM-TO format, is widely used by programmers and power users. Following are several examples:
COPY TO/FROM USB DRIVE E:
copy *.* e: all files to E drive
copy e:\*.* all files from E drive
COPY FILES IN CURRENT FOLDER
TO A DIFFERENT FOLDER
copy *.gif \backup
copy sales.doc \sales
COPY FILES IN ANOTHER FOLDER
TO THIS FOLDER
copy \images\*.gif
copy \sales\sales.doc
COPY AND RENAME
copy logo.png logo2.png
COPY AND VERIFY
copy *.gif \backup /v
Remember!
There is less to type if you are already in the folder you want to copy to. For example, if you want to copy into
\budgets\2012, you can perform the operation from any command prompt, but if you change to the destination folder, there is less to type, as follows:
C:\ABC>copy \xyz\*.* \budgets\2012
C:\ABC>copy \jkl\*.* \budgets\2012
C:\ABC>copy \mno\*.* \budgets\2012
C:\ABC>cd \budgets\2012
C:\BUDGETS\2012>copy \xyz\*.*
C:\BUDGETS\2012>copy \jkl\*.*
C:\BUDGETS\2012>copy \mno\*.*
Xcopy for More Options
The Copy command is very useful, but the Xcopy command can copy both files and folders and create new folders on the destination disk. See
Xcopy.