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Christopher Faylor wrote:
>
> Is there some reason why you are not using "cp" to accomplish your task?
> "cp --help" should provide you with all sorts of options for copying files.
> You should be able to press "cp" into service for this.
>
> Using DOS utilities and DOS paths for this type of thing is putting you
> on the fringes of support for Cygwin.  I really wouldn't recommend it.
> Clearly this is not such a Windows-specific problem that it outside of
> the capabilities of a UNIX solution.
>
>   

My initial attempt was with cp. But I didn't see a way of preserving the 
original directory structure of the source dir,
inside the destination directory. XCOPY just seemed easier. Will have a 
go at 'cp' again.
Thanks and regards
Shane

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