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XCOPY Dos Command copy from child folder

I have a C++ Program that uses the XCOPY DOS command to copy some files. 

string command = "xcopy " + source + " " + dest;
const char * cmd = command.c_str();
system(cmd);

My problem is that this only works when the source file is in the same folder as the EXE. I want to be able to copy X from a child folder.

Does anybody know how i can copy from a source folder without providing the full path (c:\blahh\blahh)? As: xcopy childFolder/filename newname does not work.

I am currently using: xcopy copy.h h.h However does not work for child folders.

Thanks

Solution

  • izomorphius has almost the complete answer in his comment - you should use a back slash. The other issue is you must escape the folder delimiters:

    string source = "childfolder\\filename"