So this is what I have so far. The problem I'm having is it archives the file to 7zip and when I try to tell it to move this file it says it's not there. I'm not sure if there's an easier way to move, zip, and rename a file and move it again to another folder.
#Echo Off
xcopy "\\READYSHARE\USB_Storage\Address Book\Address Book" "C:\Users\Service Department\Desktop\Zip"
7za a –tzip "C:\Users\Service Department\Desktop\ZIpped" "C:\Users\Service Department\Desktop\Zip" /s /e
pause
It is always advisable to read the documentation of the commands to use before creating a batch file.
xcopy (Microsoft Windows XP documenation, easier to read) or xcopy (Microsoft TechNet article)
Documentation for 7-Zip standalone command line tool 7za is installed together with 7-Zip in program files folder of 7-Zip. The file to view is 7-zip.chm, a Windows help file.
The switches /s and /e belong to command xcopy, but are appended to call of 7za. /s is for copying also subdirectories, but not empty subdirectories. /e is for copying also subdirectories including empty subdirectories. It is possible to specify both, but usually just /e needs to be specified to copy a directory tree completely using xcopy.
To recursively archive all files and folders of a folder with 7za the switch -r must be used according to 7-Zip documentation.
#echo off
%SystemRoot%\System32\xcopy.exe "\\READYSHARE\USB_Storage\Address Book\Address Book" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Zip" /E /I
"%ProgramFiles%\7-Zip\7za.exe" a –tzip "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Zipped.zip" -r "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Zip"
pause
I have not executed this batch file, but it should work if path to 7za.exe is correct on your computer.
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I am looking to copy all text files on the C drive, but the program needs to avoid text files that are part of the system, and only copy the text files that have been created by the user.
Is there a built in way to do this, or do I need to get creative? If so, how would you go about it? I would like to keep it within batch and not involve powershell or anything like that.
I thought about using creation dates to determine whether or not a file is a system file, but that didn't work all the way.
You can generate a list of all systemfiles using the dir command. So
dir /b /as > %USERPROFILE%\excluded_Files.txt
Would generate a list of the systemfiles from that directory.
Using xcopy as described here you can now copy all files from one directory to another excluding the systemfiles.
The xcopy command should be something like this:
xcopy C:\firstDirectory\*.txt C:\secondDirectory /EXCLUDE:%USERPROFILE%\excluded_Files.txt
Edit
So your code that is there would copy all rtf and txt files from the whole C drive to Drive D folder E.
A batch-file using my method would look like this:
#echo off
cd /d C:\
dir /b /as /s > %USERPROFILE%\excluded_Files.txt
xcopy C:\*.rtf D:\E /EXCLUDE:%USERPROFILE%\excluded_Files.txt /s
xcopy C:\*.txt D:\E /EXCLUDE:%USERPROFILE%\excluded_Files.txt /s
Explanation:
#echo off supresses redundant output of the commands that would be displayed before execution.
cd /d C:\ changes the current execution directory to the root of the C drive. /d is added for potential drive change.
dir /b /as /s > %USERPROFILE%\excluded_Files.txt redirects the output of the dir command into a file in your userprofile (Usually C:\Users\yourUserName). The switch /b will only show the filenames and not size, creation date etc. /as will only list system files and /s makes the dir command work recursively through all directories.
xcopy C:\*.rtf D:\E /EXCLUDE:%USERPROFILE%\excluded_Files.txt /s will copy all rtf files from C:\ to D:\E and exclude all files from the list previously created (that will contain all system txt and rtf files (as well as others)). /s makes xcopy work recursively as for dir.
Next line is a copy of the same with txt files.
I want a .bat file that will copy all files and folders from one folder to another folder automatically. For example:
robocopy "c:\source" "D:\target" /e /MON:1 /xc /xn /xo
However I need it so that once a file has been copied, that file will not be copied again, even if the copy has been moved to a different directory. Is there any way to do this? Is it possible for robocopy to create a log and check against that before copying the file?
If robocopy can't do it, what can?
Use additionally the option /M on your robocopy (SS64 article) command line as suggested by Stephan because this option results in copying only files with archive attribute set in source folder tree and removing archive attribute by robocopy after successful copying the file.
%SystemRoot%\System32\robocopy.exe "C:\source" "D:\target" /M /E /MON:1 /XC /XN /XO
The archive attribute is automatically set again on file modification.
You could perhaps also use xcopy (SS64 article):
%SystemRoot%\System32\xcopy.exe "C:\source" "D:\target\" /M /E /C /I /Q /G /H /R /K /Y >nul
Important for your task is again option /M for copying only files with archive attribute set in source folder tree and clearing the archive attribute after copying the file.
Note: /I works without user prompt only with target folder path ending with a backslash.
Run in a command prompt window robocopy /? respectively xcopy /? for details on the other options or read the Microsoft documentations for robocopy and xcopy.
Alright So, the easiest way to do this is to copy each
file and folder individually, to said folder.
This may not be what you are looking for, but
I hope it helps! Sadly there is no way to
copy l files folders with a single command.
I want to use a batch file to synchronize 2 folders on Windows, and I'm using the xcopy command like this
xcopy /s /d <Original Folder> <Destination Folder>
It's working perfectly because I just want to overwrite only the modified ones, but I have 1 tiny problem, when I delete a file from the original folder, that file remains in the destination folder when i run the batch file, breaking the synching I want to achieve... I think this can't be done with xcopy, but I don't know which command I should use in case I delete a file in the original folder.
EDIT: This programs is for people who don't understant a lot of PC's so i don't want to install anything in their pc's. Just want a plain batch file to keep the 2 folders synchronized
SOLUTION: Thanks to Kuba Wyrostek I got to this command
robocopy <Original Folder> <Destination Folder> /e /purge
Thank you all for your time
xcopy has no such option. Your alternatives are:
rsync - http://rsync.samba.org
robocopy - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx
To refine your answer, you can simply do:
robocopy <Original Folder> <Destination Folder> /mir
/mir mirrors a directory tree (equivalent to /e plus /purge).
The XCOPY command for copying the updates from one folder to another is as follows:
C:\> XCOPY C:/SOURCE D:/DESTINATION /E /D /C /Y
The flags used in the above example have the following meanings:
/E causes all folders and sub-folders to be copied
/D causes a DATE comparison to be made, only copying items that are newer than the DESTINATION item. If the DESTINATION is older, or does not contain the file, then it will be copied.
/C tells XCOPY to continue if it encounters an error - typically errors occur with read-only files, or files that have protected permissions
/Y tells XCOPY to suppress prompting you for confirmation, which is necessary if you intend to create an automation script or scheduled task
I know this is old, but I have a question. Can this not be done with the correct xcopy commands.
Folder 1: c:\workingFolder\"contents here"
Folder 2: d:\workingFolderSync\"contents here"
Batch file below
xcopy "c:\workingFolder\*.*" "d:\workingFolderSync\" /i /s /d /y
xcopy "d:\workingFolderSync\*.*" "c:\workingFolder\" /i /s /d /y
pause
( I usually remove the pause after i test and know the batch works. )
But this will only copy contents from the folder to the other if its newer.
Then it looks in the destination folder and copies contents from destination back to source if it is newer. This reproduces what syncing does, except for the in real time monitoring of modified files. Creating a proper task schedule can actually implement running this command at specific times to almost perfectly reproduce syncing. You can also run this before modification on a machine and after modification on a machine. Even doing the same thing on a second machine if your using a network drive to sync.
Your method will have two main problems:
Files deleted from one folder will be reinstated by the copy left in the other folder the next time you run your xcopy
Renaming files can cause chaotic results.
I am trying to copy a folder and paste it in the same directory it was copied from.
For example
C:\Test is the main directory which consists of a folder ACDM, I would like to copy ACDM in the same directory and rename the new folder to ACDM1 which will have all the same files as ACDM has
I would like to do it using command prompt
I tried the following
C:>Xcopy C:\Test C:\Test\ACDM1 /E /U
Cannot perform a cyclic copy
0 File(s) copied
which fails, not sure hoe to add REN command with XCOPY command.
Need help ASAP as i would want to create a batch file which will create a copy of an existing folder and rename it according to a name retrieved from a text file..
xcopy "C:\Test\ACDM\*.*" "C:\Test\ACDM1\" /s/h/e/k/f/c
for /f "delims=" %%a in (yourtextfilename) do xcopy "C:\Test\ACDM" "C:\Test\%%a\" /E
as a .bat file line. Directly from the prompt, change each %% to %
I've assumed (for lack of futher information) that your textfile contains just the one line
ACDM1
neither do you specify the textfilename tou want to use.
xcopy C:\Test\ACDM C:\Test\ACDM1\ /E /Q
I have a strange problem with xcopy in Windows XP Professional. I don't know if its a stupid question as I am specifying only a file as the source, so should I even expect any other behavior ? This is it:
I am using xcopy <src> <dest> /s/y.
<src>=C:\sourcefolder\a\b\c\d\something.java and
<dest>=C:\destinationfolder.
Now xcopy copies the file but does not create the directory structure \a\b\c\d\ inside C:\destinationfolder .
what I want is C:\destinationfolder\a\b\c\d\something.java and
what I get is C:\destinationfolder\something.java
I have tried to run it in destination folder C:\destinationfolder by specifying a . for target folder
Tried it without any target in above
There is a script I have which calls xcopy iteratively so I am left with C:\destinationfolder\many java files without any directory structure.
A. Yes I have done xcopy /? to see all options
B. /T also does not create any empty directory structure
C. I can not go to source folder a\b\c\d\ and run xcopy . <dest>
UPDATE
I removed my previous answer on using ROBOCOPY. I believe the following will do what you want using XCOPY.
Assuming your folder structure is like this:
SOURCE = C:\MyJavaStuff\A\B\C\D\something.java
DEST = C:\MyDestination
Run XCOPY like this:
XCOPY C:\MyJavaStuff\something*.java C:\MyDestination /S /E
Note the * in something*.java.
The problem is that you are specifying which file to copy in the source. xcopy won't create the folder structure in this case. However, if you change your call to xcopy to
xcopy *.java C:\myfolder /s/y
it will copy the .java files and the folder structure as well. You need to specify a wildcard for this call to work as you want. If you want only to copy specific files, you will have to adjust the call to xopy, e.g.:
xcopy something.jav* C:\myfolder /s/y
Edit
You say that you get the list of files to copy from another command. If you can output this list of files in a text file, you could do the following:
FOR /F "tokens=* delims=," %F in (d:\test\list.txt) DO xcopy src\%~nxF* .\dest /S /Y
What this command does is read a text file ("d:\test\list.txt" in this case), read every line, and for each file, run xcopy, adding a wildcard at the end of the file name to make sure it creates the folder structure.
I'm assuming here that:
You can get the list of files in a text file, with only the file names (and optinally the paths)
You know the source folder ("C:\sourcefolder" in your example, the folder structure "a\b\c\d" does not need to be known) and can use it in the FOR command.
You can also use the following form:
FOR /F "tokens=* delims=," %F in ('cmd') DO xcopy src\%~nxF* .\dest /S /Y
where cmd needs to be replace with the command you use to generate your list of files to copy.
Note that if you use this FOR command in a batch file, you need to replace %F with %%F (and %~nxF* with %%~nxF*).
I had a look at the xcopy switches and you can copy the directory structure with /T, although that doesn't copy empty directories you can override this with /E. So your command would look like this:
xcopy C:\sourcefolder\a\b\c\d\something.java C:\destinationfolder /T /E /S /Y
Hope this helps!
In order to get C:\destinationfolder\a\b\c\d\something.java XCOPY needs to know how much of C:\sourcefolder\a\b\c\d\something.java to duplicate.
You can use:
C:
cd \sourcefolder
XCOPY something.java* C:\destinationfolder\ /S
Just be aware that this may have the side effect of also copying C:\sourcefolder\oops\something.java to C:\destinationfolder\oops\something.java as well as any other matches for something*.java under C:\sourcefolder\.
It seems to me that xcopy is typically used for copying directory trees, not single files (though it can work). And, xcopy will recreate the directory structure under the source folder in the target folder. If xcopy is given the /i switch, the target folder is assumed to be a directory. It will be created if it does not exist, even if there are multiple parents that need to be created.
You have C:\MyJavaStuff\A\B\C\D\something.java - that is your source. You want to end up with something.java not in C:\destinationfolder, but in C:\destinationfolder\A\B\C\D - so that is your target. You don't even have C:\destinationfolder. That is OK, with /i the entire path will be created.
xcopy /i c:\MyJavaStuff\A\B\C\D\something.java C:\destinationfolder\A\B\C\D
If something.java were the only file under C:\MyJavaStuff, you could also use
xcopy /sei c:\MyJavaStuff C:\destinationfolder
That would recreate the entire tree structure, copying your file. But if there are other files (and folders) under MyJavaStuff they would also be copied.
I have written a very similar batch file using xcopy. Perhaps what I did will help you.
This is the command I used:
xcopy "c:\Data Files\Dave's Data\*.*" "m:\Dave's Data" /R/D /E/H
In this case, Dave's Data on the source contains an entire directory tree containing at least 50,000 files & exceeding 75GB data. It runs perfectly on Windows XP
I found /T was unnecessary as the directory tree is copied. I also found /S was unnecessary as /E copied directories & sub-directories including empty ones. I included /R to copy & overwrite read only files on the destination. /H copied hidden directories. /D copied only newer files. I use this as a daily backup tool for my data.
The only problem I have is while this command will work on Windows 7 the first time, it will not work on subsequent runs when the destination directory tree exists. I suspect this is due to a privilege issue as the xcopy command will work on subsequent runs on Windows 7 within a cmd.exe window.