F5: Copy

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This command copies files and whole directories from the source directory to another directory.

Select the files you want to copy and press F5.

This opens a dialog box where you can type the target path and a file mask. As a default, the path of the target window is presented together with *.* as the file mask. You can use any type of valid DOS file name including wild cards as your target file name. In the field below, you can define that only specific files should be copied. Example: You can copy only files with the extension *.txt (also applies to files in subdirs!).

To copy a file in the same directory (to a different name), press SHIFT+F5. If you are running Windows 95/98 or NT new shell you can create shortcuts with CTRL+SHIFT+F5.

With the button labeled Tree you can choose the target directory from a directory tree. If you want to choose from a different directory, you can specify the drive (including the :) in the dialog box before selecting the Tree button.

If the source directory shows the contents of an archive, the dialog to unpack files is shown. You can now also unpack files directly from an archive to an FTP server! The files will then first be unpacked to a temporary directory, and then uploaded to the remote server. The reverse (FTP to archive) isn't supported. The danger is too high that after a long download, the pack operation fails, and the downloaded files are lost.

Alternatively, if the target directory shows the contents of an archive (and the source directory shows a normal directory), the dialog to pack files is shown.

If you want to create a new archive and pack the selected files into it, simply press ALT+F5. This will open a dialog box to pack files. With ALT+SHIFT+F5 the files will be deleted after packing. New: You can now also pack files directly from one archive to another!

If you want to unpack the archive under the cursor (or the selected archives), press ALT+F9. After giving the target directory (and if desired a file mask), all files from the archive will be unpacked.

In the 32-bit version, the copy, unpack (zip only) and pack operations can be moved to the background by pressing the 'Background' button during the copy operation. This allows to do other things in Windows Commander during the operation. You need to press F2 or CTRL+R to refresh the directory after a background operation completes. Otherwise modified files will not be shown.