Need xcopy help.....

[Chuck Wintle]

here is the setup..... computer #1 isolated from the world except thru a network connection to computer #2 . Between them is a shared folder so that files may be sent to computer #2. From computer #1 I want to run a batch file within the shared folder to copy files out to a network location. The batch file works from computer #2 but does not work on computer #1. Should it not work since the folder is shared?
this is the xcopy command i am using....
xcopy C:\SHARE\vib_data O:\Data7\Vibration\40k_Shaker\New_Data

thx.

[Lee Ludden]

Do you have the same drives mapped on each side? If the folder is shared, you can use the UNC name for each share instead of a drive letter. If the server name is SERVER1 and the share name is Shared you can do>

XCOPY C:\SHARE\Vib_Data \\SERVER1\SHARED\New_Data

or something like that. A possible better option than XCOPY would be to use a freeware file sync software such as SyncBack

[Prashun Patel]

Does the shared drive reside on Machine #2? If yes, then when running from #1, you should have to reference the workstation name in the source:

XCOPY \\<NAMEOFMACHINE#2>\vib_data O:\...

You might also have to 'log in' to the machine if you are not administrator on both machines:

NET USE \\<NAMEOFMACHINE#2>\vib_data <PASSWORD? /USER:<ADMINUSERNAME>

When you run it from the command line, what is the error you get?

Are you running Windows Server + XP Workstations?

[Chuck Wintle]

Do you have the same drives mapped on each side? If the folder is shared, you can use the UNC name for each share instead of a drive letter. If the server name is SERVER1 and the share name is Shared you can do>

XCOPY C:\SHARE\Vib_Data \\SERVER1\SHARED\New_Data

or something like that. A possible better option than XCOPY would be to use a freeware file sync software such as SyncBack

I only need to copy one file at a time as they are result files that are sent on to a folder on the network fro analysis....syncback will work but is not quite what I want.

[Chuck Wintle]

Does the shared drive reside on Machine #2? If yes, then when running from #1, you should have to reference the workstation name in the source:

XCOPY \\<NAMEOFMACHINE#2>\vib_data O:\...

You might also have to 'log in' to the machine if you are not administrator on both machines:

NET USE \\<NAMEOFMACHINE#2>\vib_data <PASSWORD? /USER:<ADMINUSERNAME>

When you run it from the command line, what is the error you get?

Are you running Windows Server + XP Workstations?

its 2 machine running windows 7...with a shared folder where data is dropped into it and available on the second computer. The second computer is connected to the network and I can then go to the second computer and upload the file to the netowrk as both computers are in the same room. But I am looking for ways to save time so i made the little .bat file and from the second computer it works great...file are copied over to a netowrk location....but the same .bat file does not work if i try to run it on the first computer...no error message...it just does not copy the file...I need to modify the .bat file but not sure how to do it.

[Robert LaPlaca]

here is the setup..... computer #1 isolated from the world except thru a network connection to computer #2 . Between them is a shared folder so that files may be sent to computer #2. From computer #1 I want to run a batch file within the shared folder to copy files out to a network location. The batch file works from computer #2 but does not work on computer #1. Should it not work since the folder is shared?
this is the xcopy command i am using....
xcopy C:\SHARE\vib_data O:\Data7\Vibration\40k_Shaker\New_Data

thx.

The way the batch file is written, both machines will need to have the remote drive mapped as O, is that the case? Or use a UNC to reference the remote drive like; xcopy C:\SHARE\vib_data \\<OtherWorkstationname>\Data7\Vibration\40k_Shake r\New_Data