 GILXA1226Premium,MVM
join:2000-12-29
London, OH | reply to R2
Re: Autorun.inf programing said by R2:I want to write a program/script that copies that contents of a Flash Drive to a specific folder on the hard drive as soon as the Flash drive is inserted. I have the tools to create the autorun.inf file, but I need to make sure that the file designed to run on insertion copies the contents like I want. For example, can I use CMD file to do this? If so, how do I have it figure out the drive letter of the Flash drive? Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks. My first thought would be to find a CD that had an autorun.inf file on it and use that as a base. |
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 R2R NotPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-18
Long Beach, CA
kudos:1
4 edits | I can write the autorun file and I can tell it WHAT to run -- I just need to make sure that the file I tell it to run will actually COPY the flash drives contents to a folder on the hard drive. I don't think many CD's do that...
Something as simple as:
Copy D: C:\MyFlash
BUT... that will fail because the Flash drive will NOT always be the D: drive. I need to be able to say "copy THIS drive to a folder on the C: drive."
I want this to work on multiple computers. |
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 jayco437Premium
join:2001-08-11
Lincoln, NE | Have looked at something like this:
»autorun.moonvalley.com/relative_···aths.htm
Put everything in a folder on the stick, and try using a relative path, such as .\MyUSBFolder\ |
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R2R NotPremium,MVM
join:2000-09-18
Long Beach, CA
kudos:1
3 edits | That looks very promising - thanks. I believe I can use wildcards (*) also. I will give it a try. Thanks.
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And do I want xcopy? I'll check it out.
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Forgive my ignorance. I tried this - and it works - sort of:
xcopy /S *.* C:\temp
But I get hit with this:
Does C:\temp specify a file name
or directory name on the target
(F = file, D = directory)? d
How do avoid that message? ANSWER - add a backslash at the end!!
And it looks like I need to use short file names, correct? |
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