Windows – How to copy files and folders from one network share to another

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I have a file in one network shared folder \\170.23.23.34 and I want to copy the file to another share \\170.23.23.36.

What should be the batch script for the same.

Map the network drives in Windows to a specific letter. Once you do that, you can use xcopy to copy the necessary files.

e.g. XCOPY /E Y:/source-folder/ Z:/destination-folder

where \\170.23.23.34 would be assigned to Y: and \\170.23.23.36 would be assigned to Z:.

You can.

robocopy C:\FolderName\ \\machinename\sharedfolder "filename.ext"

You can use xcopy to copy entire directories (including subdirectories).

The syntax is:

xcopy source destination /S

where the /S switch includes non-empty directories (/E copies empty directories as well).

There are a couple of switches that serve as a backup solution:

/M copies only changed files (archive attribute set) and unsets the attribute.
/D copies only those files whose source time is newer than the destination time.