How to overwrite existing files in batch?

Question

The following command copies and moves a file but I also need it to overwrite the file it\'s replacing.

xcopy /s c:\\mmyinbox\\test.doc C:\\myoutbox

Answer 1

For copying one file to another directory overwriting without any prompt i ended up using the simply COPY command:

copy /Y ".\mySourceFile.txt" "..\target\myDestinationFile.txt"

Answer 2

If the copy command is run from within a batch job you do not need to use the /Y switch: it will overwrite existing files.

Answer 3

You can use :

copy /b/v/y

See SS64 on COPY.

Answer 4

You can refer Windows command prompt help using following command : xcopy /?