Windows Server 2008 Portable Command Guide: MCTS 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and MCITP 70-646, 70-647

Chapter 3. Manipulating Files, Folders, and Shares

This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:

• Copying files with copy, xcopy, and robocopy

• Compressing files with compact

• Encrypting files with cipher

• Manipulating shadow copies with vssadmin

• Manipulating shares with net share

• Mapping drives with net use

• Manipulating users and groups with the net command

• Modifying NTFS permissions with icacls

Copying Files with copy, xcopy, and robocopy

There are three primary commands that are useful for copying files.

copy

You can use the copy command for basic file copying. The format is

copy source [destination ...