On Wednesday, 22 January 2020 08:14:29 UTC+11, Bram Moolenaar wrote:
>
>
> Shane Harper wrote:
>
> > > > I believe
> > > > copy runtime\* vim82
> > > > should be replaced by
> > > > xcopy /e runtime\* vim82
> > > > in src/INSTALLpc.txt.
> > > >
> > > > The original copy command won't copy subdirectories while "xcopy /e"
> > > will.
> > >
> > > Shouldn't that be:
> > > xcopy /s runtime\* vim82
> > >
> >
> > Both "xcopy /s" and "xcopy /e" copy subdirectories - however only "xcopy
> > /e" copies empty directories. (When copying the current runtime
> directory
> > both "xcopy /s" and "xcopy /e" will effectively do the same thing.)
>
> The MS docs say that /e only works in combination with /s. But the docs
> might be misleading.
>From "help xcopy" on my PC running Windows 10:
/E Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
Same as /S /E. May be used to modify /T.
Anyway, "xcopy /s" or "xcopy /e" (or "xcopy /s /e") can be used to copy all
of the runtime files.
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