Microsoft KB Archive/114618

= XCOPY Does Not Merge Files =

Article ID: 114618

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1

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This article was previously published under Q114618



SUMMARY
When you attempt to use the XCOPY command to copy several files to one file, the new file contains only the last file copied.

MS-DOS versions 3.3, 4.01, 5.0, and 6.0 all exhibit the same behavior. At least one OEM version of DOS 4.01 (Phoenix BIOS version) does successfully merge files using XCOPY.

This behavior is by design in order for XCOPY for Windows NT to be compatible with MS-DOS 5.0.

Additional query words: prodnt

Keywords: KB114618

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