Some points:
  • I like neilwatson's comments. They make sense. Make sure you are doing this when no one should be using the database.
  • Microsoft Access keeps rollback data in hidden tables within itself and its cleanup utilities for this have been historically bad. That means you will have to run a macro within it to force it compress itself, like: 
    #!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use Win32::OLE;

my ($acc) = Win32::OLE->new("Access.Application");
$acc->{Visible} = 1;
$acc->OpenCurrentDatabase("c:\\temp\\foo2.mdb");
$acc->DoCmd->RunMacro("mcroSayHello");
1;

    [download]

    Read the docs on how to create a macro or just use this code: 495924.

  • Lastly, I would probably check the file size on the target to ensure you actually moved everything over. You can use WMI or something for that.

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    In reply to Re: Copy Database to another location by InfiniteSilence
    in thread Copy Database to another location by Anonymous Monk

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