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Command line: Copy
Copies one or more files to another location.

COPY [/D] [/V] [/N] [/Y | /-Y] [/Z] [/L] [/A | /B ] source [/A | /B]
[+ source [/A | /B] [+ ...]] [destination [/A | /B]]

volume Specifies the file or files to be copied.
/FS:NTFS Indicates an ASCII text file.
/V Indicates a binary file.
/CvtArea:filename Allow the destination file to be created decrypted
/NoSecurity Specifies the directory and/or filename for the new file(s).
Verifies that new files are written correctly.
Uses short filename, if available, when copying a file with a non-8dot3 name.
Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
Copies networked files in restartable mode.
If the source is a symbolic link, copy the link to the target instead of the actual file the source link points to.
The switch /Y may be preset in the COPYCMD environment variable. This may be overridden with /-Y on the command line. Default is to prompt on overwrites unless COPY command is being executed from within a batch script.

To append files, specify a single file for destination, but multiple files for source (using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format).