>Your command line will be shortened to
>
>lcommand = 'xcopy *.pdf ..\..\quitelongdir2\permits\*.PDF /S /Y'
>
... or to:
lcommand = 'xcopy *.pdf ...\quitelongdir2\permits\*.PDF /S /Y'
... means the same as ..\..
.... means the same as ..\..\..
etc.
Starting with Windows 95, I believe.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
