DOS GURUS!! BATCH SCRIPT Issue: force file type

[codeHermit]

I'm trying to write a batch script that copies a list of files from one server to another but I keep on getting this message during runtime.

specify a file name

or directory name on the target

(F = file, D = directory)?

I want to force it to assume that everything is a File. Below is a copy of the script I'm running


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rem set vars

@echo off

SET rawdate=%DATE%
SET myyear=%DATE:~6%
SET mymonth=%DATE:~0,-8%
SET myday=%DATE:~3,-5%
SET finaldate=%myyear%-%mymonth%-%myday%
SET mydatetime=%finaldate%

@echo on

xcopy y:\www.theweb.com\catalog\013_BRC_4-7-replyInstruction.pdf q:\catalog\013_BRC_4-7-replyInstruction.pdf /Y /K /I >c:\temp\logs\%mydatetime%_stlap423001_pin.log
xcopy y:\www.theweb.com\catalog\013_BRC_4-7-replyInstruction.pdf t:\catalog\013_BRC_4-7-replyInstruction.pdf /Y /K /I >c:\temp\logs\%mydatetime%_stlap423001_pin.log


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thanks!
codeHermit

[felgall]

DOS requires that you use the 8.3 filename format as it doesn't understand longer file names.