Copying Specific Subdirectories?

Question

I want to copy subdirectories out of one directory but not all subdirectories but specific with special name starting,

As a example
xcopy C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS .\inbetween\WinSxS\x86_* /s/q

but it is not working

Any Idea?

I want to copy subdirectories out of one directory but not all subdirectories but specific with special name starting,

As a example
xcopy C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS .\inbetween\WinSxS\x86_* /s/q

but it is not working

Any Idea?

Well I want to copy sub-directories with specific name, I am not talking about files inside directory

xcopy C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS (sourcue Directory) .\inbetween\WinSxS\x86_* (Destination Directory) /s/q(some switches to copy subdirectories and not to prompt)

I hope it is more clear now..

Answer 1

I can't vouch for the validity of your example, but it's incomplete. You only list the source directory, not the destination directory.

Example:

xcopy c:\Windows\System32\ audio*.dll D:\AudioDLL

Would copy all files STARTING with the word audio AND with a ".dll" extension to a folder called AudioDLL on drive D:.

Answer 2

Destination?

xcopy Source [Destination] [Parameters]
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/xcopy.mspx?mfr=true