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I am working on a scheduled task back up. I am




By nhoy15 on Nov 06, 2009

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I am working on a scheduled task back up. I am using a MS Batch file to get it running. It will run fine but it fails giving me a 0x4 error.

The script is as follows:

xcopy n: est_backup*n: est_backup%date:~0,3* /Y /Q /S

I am attempting to point it to the drive where the file is located, get it to back up said file on that drive and it will run but automatically fail. The 0x4 error means that it cannot find the file but I have it saved right there on that drive with that drive letter.

What am I doing wrong?
Comments:

Nov 06, 2009

- By user credentials I am assuming you mean username and password and that. Yes. That is fine. It will run the back up but it gives the 0x4 error.

Nov 06, 2009

- Thank you for the help Holmes. I eventually figured it out. I had it pointing to the wrong spot. I got it running finally and it works.
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Posted by holmes3804 on Nov 06, 2009

When I try it like this, using *.* instead of just *, like so: xcopy n:\est_backup*.* n:\est_backup%date:~0,3* /Y /Q /S I get a "cannot perform cyclic copy" which means it's trying to copying onto itself. I'm not sure exactlly what you're trying do, though. Are you trying to rename files?

Posted by Yorkieboy04 on Nov 06, 2009

Have you put in the user credentials on the task tab settings?

Solution #1

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Try that:
xcopy n:\est_backup n:\est_backup%date% /Y /Q /E /I
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