Xcopy error code 4 - Исправление ошибок и поиск оптимальных решений проблем

I’ve been searching around for hours and wasn’t able to find out the problem.

I got a new pc to work and after import the project from Team Foundation all kind of problems start to pop up.

My guess is that when they’ve installed the Windows 8 they didn’t set the permissions right.

Between several problems I’ve been trying to use xcopy without success with the message

The command «xcopy D:path1* D:path2 /r /y /s /i» exited with code 4

I tried to go to the folder security tab and tried to set myself multiple times as a owner and even tried to set Everyone with full permissions.

When I tried to do this another without popup with message «Failed to enumerate objects in the container. Access denied»

Any idea on what to do next? I was the one creating the folder, so i can assure you that i should have full permissions.

UAC is also off.

I don’t have much experience with Windows Team Foundation, just started few days ago.

— Update —

forgot to add the team foundation msg. Sorry.

TF205005: Team Foundation Server is unable to locate one or more of the installed error messages. Please repair the installation from Programs and Features in Control Panel to fix this problem. For more information, see «How to: Repair Team Foundation
Server» in the Team Foundation Server Installation Guide that can be downloaded from the Microsoft Web site (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=82562 ). Detailed information :Error 500031, severity 16, state 1 was raised, but no message with that
error number was found in sys.messages. If error is larger than 50000, make sure the user-defined message is added using sp_addmessage.
Error 500022, severity 16, state 1 was raised, but no message with that error number was found in sys.messages. If error is larger than 50000, make sure the user-defined message is added using sp_addmessage.

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Thank you

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Friday, August 9, 2013 9:03 AM
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xcopy	Reference article for xcopy, which copies files and directories, including subdirectories.	reference	76a310d7-9925-4571-a252-0e28960d5f89	jgerend	JasonGerend	08/23/2022

Copies files and directories, including subdirectories.

For examples of how to use this command, see Examples.

Syntax

Xcopy <Source> [<Destination>] [/w] [/p] [/c] [/v] [/q] [/f] [/l] [/g] [/d [:MM-DD-YYYY]] [/u] [/i] [/s [/e]] [/t] [/k] [/r] [/h] [{/a | /m}] [/n] [/o] [/x] [/exclude:FileName1[+[FileName2]][+[FileName3]]] [{/y | /-y}] [/z] [/b] [/j] [/compress]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
<Source>	Required. Specifies the location and names of the files you want to copy. This parameter must include either a drive or a path.
[<Destination>]	Specifies the destination of the files you want to copy. This parameter can include a drive letter and colon, a directory name, a file name, or a combination of these.
/w	Displays the following message and waits for your response before starting to copy files: Press any key to begin copying file(s)
/p	Prompts you to confirm whether you want to create each destination file.
/c	Ignores errors.
/v	Verifies each file as it is written to the destination file to make sure that the destination files are identical to the source files.
/q	Suppresses the display of `xcopy` messages.
/f	Displays source and destination file names while copying.
/l	Generates a list of files that are to be copied, but does not actively copy the files.
/g	Creates decrypted destination files when the destination does not support encryption.
/d [:MM-DD-YYYY]	Copies source files changed on or after the specified date only. If you do not include a MM-DD-YYYY value, `xcopy` copies all source files that are newer than existing destination files. This command-line option allows you to update files that have changed.
/u	Copies files from source that exist on destination only.
/i	If source is a directory or contains wildcards and destination does not exist, `xcopy` assumes destination specifies a directory name and creates a new directory. Then, `xcopy` copies all specified files into the new directory. By default, `xcopy` prompts you to specify whether destination is a file or a directory.
/s	Copies directories and subdirectories, unless they are empty. If you omit /s, `xcopy` works within a single directory.
/e	Copies all subdirectories, even if they are empty. Use /e with the /s and /t command-line options.
/t	Copies the subdirectory structure (that is, the tree) only, not files. To copy empty directories, you must include the /e command-line option.
/k	Copies files and retains the read-only attribute on destination files if present on the source files. By default, `xcopy` removes the read-only attribute.
/r	Copies read-only files.
/h	Copies files with hidden and system file attributes. By default, `xcopy` does not copy hidden or system files
/a	Copies only source files that have their archive file attributes set. /a does not modify the archive file attribute of the source file. For information about how to set the archive file attribute by using attrib, see Related links.
/m	Copies source files that have their archive file attributes set. Unlike /a, /m turns off archive file attributes in the files that are specified in the source. For information about how to set the archive file attribute by using attrib, see Related links.
/n	Creates copies by using the NTFS short file or directory names. /n is required when you copy files or directories from an NTFS volume to a FAT volume or when the FAT file system naming convention (that is, 8.3 characters) is required on the destination file system. The destinatio* file system can be FAT or NTFS.
/o	Copies file ownership and discretionary access control list (DACL) information.
/x	Copies file audit settings and system access control list (SACL) information (implies /o).
/exclude:FileName1[+[FileName2]][+[FileName3]( )]	Specifies a list of files. At least one file must be specified. Each file will contain search strings with each string on a separate line in the file. When any of the strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be copied, that file will be excluded from being copied. For example, specifying the string obj will exclude all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the .obj extension.
/y	Suppresses prompting to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
/-y	Prompts to confirm that you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
/z	Copies over a network in restartable mode.
/b	Copies the symbolic link instead of the files. This parameter was introduced in Windows Vista®.
/j	Copies files without buffering. Recommended for very large files. This parameter was added in Windows Server 2008 R2.
/compress	Request network compression during file transfer where applicable.
/?	Displays help at the command prompt.

Remarks

Using /z

If you lose your connection during the copy phase (for example, if the server going offline severs the connection), it resumes after you reestablish the connection. /z also displays the percentage of the copy operation completed for each file.
Using /y in the COPYCMD environment variable.

You can use /y in the COPYCMD environment variable. You can override this command by using /-y on the command line. By default, you are prompted to overwrite.
Copying encrypted files

Copying encrypted files to a volume that does not support EFS results in an error. Decrypt the files first or copy the files to a volume that does support EFS.
Appending files

To append files, specify a single file for destination, but multiple files for source (that is, by using wildcards or file1+file2+file3 format).
Default value for destination

If you omit destination, the xcopy command copies the files to the current directory.
Specifying whether destination is a file or directory

If destination does not contain an existing directory and does not end with a backslash (), the following message appears:
```
Does <Destination> specify a file name or directory name on the target(F = file, D = directory)?
```

Press F if you want the file or files to be copied to a file. Press D if you want the file or files to be copied to a directory.

You can suppress this message by using the /i command-line option, which causes xcopy to assume that the destination is a directory if the source is more than one file or a directory.

Using the xcopy command to set archive attribute for destination files

The xcopy command creates files with the archive attribute set, whether or not this attribute was set in the source file. For more information about file attributes and attrib, see Related links.
Comparing **xcopy** and diskcopy

If you have a disk that contains files in subdirectories and you want to copy it to a disk that has a different format, use the xcopy command instead of diskcopy. Because the diskcopy command copies disks track by track, your source and destination disks must have the same format. The xcopy command does not have this requirement. Use xcopy unless you need a complete disk image copy.

Exit codes for xcopy

To process exit codes returned by xcopy, use the ErrorLevel parameter on the if command line in a batch program. For an example of a batch program that processes exit codes using if, see Related links. The following table lists each exit code and a description.

Exit code	Description
0	Files were copied without error.
1	No files were found to copy.
2	The user pressed CTRL+C to terminate `xcopy`.
4	Initialization error occurred. There is not enough memory or disk space, or you entered an invalid drive name or invalid syntax on the command line.
5	Disk write error occurred.

Examples

1. To copy all the files and subdirectories (including any empty subdirectories) from drive A to drive B, type:

2. To include any system or hidden files in the previous example, add the /h command-line option as follows:

3. To update files in the Reports directory with the files in the Rawdata directory that have changed since December 29, 1993, type:

xcopy rawdata reports /d:12-29-1993

4. To update all the files that exist in Reports in the previous example, regardless of date, type:

xcopy rawdata reports /u

5. To obtain a list of the files to be copied by the previous command (that is, without actually copying the files), type:

xcopy rawdata reports /d:12-29-1993 /l > xcopy.out

The file xcopy.out lists every file that is to be copied.

6. To copy the Customer directory and all subdirectories to the directory \PublicAddress on network drive H:, retain the read-only attribute, and be prompted when a new file is created on H:, type:

xcopy customer h:publicaddress /s /e /k /p

7. To issue the previous command, ensure that xcopy creates the Address directory if it does not exist, and suppress the message that appears when you create a new directory, add the /i command-line option as follows:

xcopy customer h:publicaddress /s /e /k /p /i

8. You can create a batch program to perform xcopy operations and use the batch if command to process the exit code if an error occurs. For example, the following batch program uses replaceable parameters for the xcopy source and destination parameters:

@echo off
rem COPYIT.BAT transfers all files in all subdirectories of
rem the source drive or directory (%1) to the destination
rem drive or directory (%2)
xcopy %1 %2 /s /e
if errorlevel 4 goto lowmemory
if errorlevel 2 goto abort
if errorlevel 0 goto exit
:lowmemory
echo Insufficient memory to copy files or
echo invalid drive or command-line syntax.
goto exit
:abort
echo You pressed CTRL+C to end the copy operation.
goto exit
:exit

To use the preceding batch program to copy all files in the C:Prgmcode directory and its subdirectories to drive B, type:

The command interpreter substitutes C:Prgmcode for %1 and B: for %2, then uses xcopy with the /e and /s command-line options. If xcopy encounters an error, the batch program reads the exit code and goes to the label indicated in the appropriate IF ERRORLEVEL statement, then displays the appropriate message and exits from the batch program.

9. This example copies all the non-empty directories, plus files with the associated file extension after the asterisk symbol.

xcopy .toc*.yml ....Copy-To /S /Y

rem Output example.
rem  .d1toc.yml
rem  .d1d12toc.yml
rem  .d2toc.yml
rem  3 File(s) copied

In the preceding example, this particular source parameter value .toc*.yml copies the same 3 files even if its two path characters . were removed. However, no files would be copied if the asterisk wildcard was removed from the source parameter, making it just .toc.yml.

Xcopy exited with error code 4

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I am using TFS2012.I have created a build definition to build every checkIn uding VS2012. In Vs2008 for my project i have created a pre-build event with XCOPY to copy some files from solution Directory to another folder.But after i do CheckIn Build is failing with following error

Why this is happening?what to do to execute copy command before build?

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Thanks for your post.

On build machine, manually execute your XCopy command line using TFS Build Service Account, then check the result.

Team Build will execute the command line using TFS Build Service account on build machine, so you need to ensure you can manually execute this command line on build machine first.

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Edited by John Qiao Moderator Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:17 AM
Marked as answer by John Qiao Moderator Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:17 AM

Thanks for your post.

On build machine, manually execute your XCopy command line using TFS Build Service Account, then check the result.

Team Build will execute the command line using TFS Build Service account on build machine, so you need to ensure you can manually execute this command line on build machine first.

Edited by John Qiao Moderator Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:17 AM
Marked as answer by John Qiao Moderator Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:17 AM

Thanks for your post.

On build machine, manually execute your XCopy command line using TFS Build Service Account, then check the result.

Thanks for reply

What you mean build machine? one from which i checked in or one in which i created build definition?

Thanks for your reply.

The build machine mean build agent machine, where you project will be built.

Hi I am facing similar issue With tfs build defination. I have added xcopy command in post build event of the project in visual studio. I can not remove those command from the post build event of the project. When I use the TFS build definition to build the solution it gives the same error. What to to do and why this problem comes?

Note: this problem comes only when building solution with TFS build definition and not when i build the solution from Visual studio

Hi I am facing the similar issue. I have used the xcopy command in the post build event of my project. I can not remove this command from the post build event and use it directly in build definition task. What should I do.

Note: This problem only comes when I use the build definition to build the solution and not if I locally do it from visual Studio

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I use this command in post-build event:

xcopy $(SolutionDir)srcSomeSolutionFolderSomeSubFolderSomeProjectbin$(ConfigurationName)*.* $(SolutionDir)bin$(ConfigurationName)SomeSolutionFolder /C /F /D /Y /S

And receive the error:

C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727Microsoft.Common.targets(3089,13): error MSB3073: The command » xcopy C:SolutionDirsrcSomeSolutionFolderSomeSubFolderSomeProjectbinRelease*.* C:SolutionDirbinReleaseSomeSolutionFolder /C /F /D /Y /S

C:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727Microsoft.Common.targets(3089,13): error MSB3073: » exited with code 4.

And where I can find information about MSB3073 and error codes ?

Thank you in advance.

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MSB3073 is just a generic error that means an Exec task returned a non-zero error code.

I suspect the problem is that you need double quotes around your paths:

xcopy «$(SolutionDir)srcSomeSolutionFolderSomSubFolderSomProjectbin$(ConfigurationName)*.*» «$(SolutionDir)bin$(ConfigurationName)SomeSolutionFolder» /C /F /D /Y /S

MSB3073 is just a generic error that means an Exec task returned a non-zero error code.

I suspect the problem is that you need double quotes around your paths:

xcopy «$(SolutionDir)srcSomeSolutionFolderSomSubFolderSomProjectbin$(ConfigurationName)*.*» «$(SolutionDir)bin$(ConfigurationName)SomeSolutionFolder» /C /F /D /Y /S

This may happen when you have a space in the path.

If you are using any bat file, update the file instead.

Hope this would help.

D.C
. on the deadline, project should be buried where it belongs.

The same project script works just fine going to the previous APP server. So I know the script works. The only change I made was the deployment location. I can log into the build server and run the script from the DOS prompt successfully. The problem has got to be in the security and permissions on the new deployment server, but I can’t find it. What are the requirements?

I have the same damned problem 🙁
Does anybody intend to help us?? 🙂

If the line in the original post was pasted from his script, then you can see there are no spaces in this URL.

In my original post the problem was a typo in the URL in the actual target drive directory names. An extra space was introduced into the target directory name ( a double space between two words ). This error was not reproduced in the Target URL in the build script.

I found it by pasting the directory path and under that the URL from the script into a TXT doc for comparision. At that point the extra space was easily visible.

I got this error again today. The message specifically stated the path was not good. (though it does not state source or taget path)

I immediately openned «My Computer» and pasted the offending URL from the script into the address box. This demonstrates if the path is good or not. The path worked.

I checked with the IT admins and found they had a connections issue in the network last night between 8pm and 8am. Hence, at the time of my nightly build, the URL was unreachable. A rebuild this morning ran normally.

Still would like to find a comprehensive list of the security and permissions requirements for all entities involved in the processes in TFS.

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The command «XCOPY» exited with code 4 error while building checkin with new build definition

Why this is happening?what to do to execute copy command before build?

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Please note that adding the /C switch to xcopy does not fix an error. It simply means that if xcopy encounters an error with one file and there are others to copy, it will not fail the whole copy process. It will just fail whatever can’t be copied and continue on with other files that can be copied.

In some situations this may be desirable behavior but it could also be dangerous, hiding an actual copy problem depending on how you implement it.

instead of xcopy , use start xcopy /Y /R . This worked for me.

I fixed this issue by doing copy in another way. Open your .csproj file with text editor and modify «AfterBuild» section at the end of file:

I have never had an issue with such way of copying and it is cross-platform way

Try to restart your visual studio. This may be temporary issue. Following link will describe different way Command copy exited with code 4 when building — Visual Studio restart solves it

Running the same xcopy command in powershell I saw Sharing Vilation. Adding /C to xcopy fixed the porblem.

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