What is the benefit of copy over xcopy on the command line?
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I know that xcopy has more options however are there any benefits to using copy rather than xcopy?
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xcopy is an external program, while copy is part of the interpreter (cmd.exe, command.com). This means that xcopy might not be present on another machine or a rescue disk. Since we have Windows and rescue CDs, that isn't really an issue anymore. cop…
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