How to Copy Files in DOS

To copy the file config.bak and move it to a different directory (TEMP folder) type

�COPY C:\CONFIG.BAK C:\TEMP\CONFIG.BAK�

A confirmation of �1 file(s) copied will appear�

If the file you are copying (config.sys in this example) is not there then the above will happened with the �File not found� error message.

 

As noted in the picture above you can copy the file and rename the file and/or the extension at the same time. The above example shows the extension being renamed