i am trying to execute a command xcopy path1 path2 /Y /C and it is getting executed successfully when i tried from command line and also when i copied it to a batch file and double clicking on that batch file.
But it is not getting executed when i cal this batch file from another fail.
Could anyone please help here?
Not working case:
C:\abcd>cmd.exe /C "xcopy "C:\folder1\itsme.bat" "Y:\" /C /Y /Z"
0 File(s) copied
Working case:
C:\abcd>cmd.exe /C "xcopy "C:\folder1\itsme.bat" "Y:\" /C /Y /Z"
C:\abcd\itsme.bat
1 File(s) copied
Extra Info:
Runme.bat:
call C:\folder1\copy.bat
call C:\folder1\clean.bat
copy.bat:
@echo off
xcopy "C:\folder1\runrun.bat" "Z:\" /C /Y /Z /Q
xcopy "C:\folder1\runrun.bat" "Y:\" /C /Y /Z /Q
xcopy "C:\folder1\runrun.bat" "X:\" /C /Y /Z /Q
Here, If I double click on Runme.bat, copy.bat is getting executed and copying all the files.
1 File(s) copied
1 File(s) copied
1 File(s) copied
But issue is, it is not copying anything when i try to run the same batch file from windows scheduler.
Output:
0 File(s) copied
0 File(s) copied
0 File(s) copied
looks like issue is only with copy command in the second batch file, which will return output. But all the commands in the other batch file clean.bat (which i am calling from the first batch file) are getting executed without any issues.
second batch file has simple echo commands, so that is why it is working fine.
Use xcopy with 'START' command.
For example, c:>> START xcopy "C:\folder1\itsme.bat" Y:\ /C /Y /Z
As Mofi pointed out, you can remove 'CMD'
The command cmd is for running a new instance of the command line interpreter and need to be used usually only for opening a command prompt window. Execute in a command prompt window cmd /? to get help about this command.
The command cmd does not need to be used usually if a command prompt window is opened already and a command is entered. A batch file is interpreted/processed by cmd and therefore it usually does not make sense to use cmd in a batch file.
So use only xcopy "C:\folder1\itsme.bat" "Y:\" /C /Y /Z in already opened command prompt window and in the batch file.
To process another batch file like batch file 2 from within a batch file like batch file 1 and continue processing of batch file 1 after processing of batch file 2 finished, use in batch file 1 the command call for calling batch file 2 like a subroutine.
Example for batch file 1:
@echo off
echo This is batch 1 calling now batch 2 and is waiting until it finished.
call "batch file 2.bat"
echo Batch 1 continues.
Example for batch file 2:
echo This is batch 2 running XCOPY.
xcopy "C:\folder1\itsme.bat" "Y:\" /C /Y /Z
echo XCOPY finished, batch 2 terminates.
Run batch file 1 and you get the output:
This is batch 1 calling now batch 2 and is waiting until it finished.
This is batch 2 running XCOPY.
XCOPY finished, batch 2 terminates.
Batch 1 continues.
Remove command call in batch file 1, execute it again and look what you get now.
This time without call in batch file 1 the processing of batch file 1 continues on batch file 2 without coming back to batch file 1 on reaching end of batch file 2 processing.
From your extra information it may be that x: y: z: are network drives and task scheduler doesn't have network privileges under the system account.
Also, change the name of copy.bat because copy is a system command and using system command names will bite you one day, if not today.
