xcopy command does not work in a batch file

Question

The command below works in CMD Prompt, but does not work in a batch file.

xcopy "D:\Desenvolvimento\Repositórios GIT\driverXD\app\*" driverxd\ /e

Solution

The problem is the acute accent over o in Repositórios. This requires you to either save the batch file in a correct character encoding or by setting correct character encoding in the batch-file like the following:

chcp 1252
xcopy "D:\Desenvolvimento\Repositórios GIT\driverXD\app\*" driverxd\ /e

1252 references Windows 1252 which is the normal latin encoding.

Comments

[Admin]

the destination is a relative path, maybe that could be the cause?

[Diziet]

AGH, that spawns a new temporary shell, which is pretty undesirable in a for loop.