How to copy directory with xcopy?

Question

I am using Visual Studio 2012.

I have the following xcopy command

set myDir="$(SolutionDir)\MyFolder\MySubfolder"
xcopy /D /Y /I /G /R /E %myDir% "$(TargetDir)"

This only copies the contents of MySubfolder to the TargetDir. But I want it to create the whole folder.

• Right now if I have:

  MySubfolder\file1

  MySubfolder\file2

• And with my command I get:

  $(TargetDir)\file1

  $(TargetDir)\file2

• I want:

  $(TargetDir)\MySubfolder\file1

  $(TargetDir)\MySubfolder\file2

I've tried several xcopy parameters but none seems to work.

Is there a way to accomplish this with xcopy?

Answer 1

You have to do as follows:

set myDir="$(SolutionDir)\MyFolder\MySubfolder"
xcopy /D /Y /I /G /R /E %myDir% "$(TargetDir)\MySubfolder"

Include the folder you want in the target directory also.