MEL System command to run xcopy

[eindoppelganger]

Regards all,

I have read the previous posts on the system command and I am puzzled. I dont need OS independence I just need to get a script in Maya under WIn2k to run the following command line...
xcopy "C:documents and settings%username%my documentsmayaprojectssomeproject" c:test2 /d/e/y/i >> C:backuplog.txt
Can system execute a shell command such as this with not only the command line arguments, the quotes to account for the spaces in the path, the enviromental variable, as well as the pipe to a text file?

Thanks in advance,
Scott Spencer

[macaronikazoo]

system( "xcopy "C:documents and settings" + getenv USER + "my documentsmayaprojectssomeproject" c:test2 /d/e/y/i > C:backuplog.txt" )

should work for you.