Getting the error message "Mémoire insuffisante" while running a batch script

Question

I have written a script which runs as I want on Windows7 in french language. Except that although rare, when the command

xcopy /Y /Q /I "%CD%\tmp\regexFile*" "Dest-Directory"

is executed, I often get the message

Mémoire insuffisante"

into the prompt command. Therefore, the file whose name begins with 'regexFile' into the 'tmp' directory is not copied into the 'Dest-Directory' directory.

I understand that it is due to lack of memory (into head). But is there a means to fix that?

What surprises me most is the fact I don't get that most of the time, furthermore the file to be copied is not so long...

Thank you in advance,

Answer 1

My first reaction was to suggest that you use ROBOCOPY, since XCOPY is depracated. Also, see this http://www.terminally-incoherent.com/blog/2007/02/05/xcopy-insufficient-memory/ which indicates that you may have a path length problem and suggests that you use ROBOCOPY.

Answer 2

What about a bigger hard disc? Or remove some needless files from the %temp% / %tmp% folder.