Is there a way to copy directories recursively inside a .bat file? Is an example of this available?
Look into xcopy, which will recursively copy files and subdirectories.
There are examples, 2/3 down the page. Of particular use is:
To copy all the files and subdirectories (including any empty subdirectories) from drive A to drive B, type:
xcopy a: b: /s /e
After reading the accepted answer's comments, I tried the robocopy command, which worked for me (using the standard command prompt from Windows 7 64 bits SP 1):
robocopy source_dir dest_dir /s /e
You may write a recursive algorithm in Batch that gives you exact control of what you do in every nested subdirectory:
#echo off
call :treeProcess
goto :eof
:treeProcess
rem Do whatever you want here over the files of this subdir, for example:
copy *.* C:\dest\dir
for /D %%d in (*) do (
cd %%d
call :treeProcess
cd ..
)
exit /b
Windows Batch File Looping Through Directories to Process Files?
I wanted to replicate Unix/Linux's cp -r as closely as possible. I came up with the following:
xcopy /e /k /h /i srcdir destdir
Flag explanation:
/e Copies directories and subdirectories, including empty ones.
/k Copies attributes. Normal Xcopy will reset read-only attributes.
/h Copies hidden and system files also.
/i If destination does not exist and copying more than one file, assume destination is a directory.
I made the following into a batch file (cpr.bat) so that I didn't have to remember the flags:
xcopy /e /k /h /i %*
Usage: cpr srcdir destdir
You might also want to use the following flags, but I didn't:
/q Quiet. Do not display file names while copying.
/b Copies the Symbolic Link itself versus the target of the link. (requires UAC admin)
/o Copies directory and file ACLs. (requires UAC admin)
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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 need to be able to create a bat script to do 3 things:
Search for multiple specific filenames in a directory.
Find the most recently generated version based on each filename specified.
Copy that most file to a new dir.
I am very new to coding in general, so any assistance would be much appreciated.
So far all I have been able to do is figure out how to copy files from one location to another using the below:
xcopy /s c:\source\differentfilename1.csv d:\target\
xcopy /s c:\source\differentfilename2.txt d:\target
xcopy /s c:\source\differentfilename3.html d:\target
So far I have tried the following and its not copying the files over:
ECHO
CD D:\Data\
MKDIR D:\Data\CopyFilesHere
for /R %file in (Filename1.*) DO XCOPY "%file" D:\Data\CopyFilesHere
for /R %file in (Filename2.*) DO XCOPY "%file" D:\Data\CopyFilesHere
for /R %file in (Filename3.*) DO XCOPY "%file" D:\Data\CopyFilesHere
I have since noted there are subfolders I need to search through also.
I wish to copy a file with extension .dyn which is located in each subfolder of main folder(T15_finished). I wish to copy it into respective subfolder at other location(T15). I have created that location using xcopy command. Here, .dyn file is being copied successfully in respective subfolder in T15 folder(see below code). Now, I have a file which has extension as .dynain which is located in the same subfolder as .dyn. And .dynain file is also getting copied which i don't want.
Please see following code which i have created. Can anyone tell me whats wrong ?
#echo off
xcopy D:\Master\SPRINGBACK\CPW\T15_finished D:\Master\SPRINGBACK\FRESH_SPRINGBACK\CPW\T15 /t
xcopy /e D:\Master\SPRINGBACK\CPW\T15_finished\*.dyn D:\Master\SPRINGBACK\FRESH_SPRINGBACK\CPW\T15
pause
Short file names. If you do a dir /x in the folder containing the .dynain file, you will see the 8.3 filename generated for the file, and it will have .dyn extension.
If you know the extensions of the conflicting files, you can use robocopy with /xf switch to indicate the files (*.dynain) to exclude, or you can generate a exclude file to use with xcopy /exclude:file (see xcopy /? for a explanation)
Or, you can generate the list of files to exclude
(for /f "tokens=" %%a in (
'dir /s /b "D:\Master\SPRINGBACK\CPW\T15_finished\*.dyn" ^| findstr /v /i /e /l ".dyn"'
) do #echo(%%~nxa)>excludedFiles.txt
xcopy /exclude:excludedFiles.txt /e D:\Master\SPRINGBACK\CPW\T15_finished\*.dyn D:\Master\SPRINGBACK\FRESH_SPRINGBACK\CPW\T15
Or (as posted by foxidrive), copy all and then delete the non needed files.
The short filename is being matched as well as the long filename. That is the reason.
A solution is to use another command to delete the files:
del /s "D:\Master\SPRINGBACK\FRESH_SPRINGBACK\CPW\T15\*.dynain"
I am very new to batch scripting.
I need to write a batch script to search for a specific file(usually .zip or .7z extension) located on network drive directory(containing multiple folder and sub-folders with space in name) and copy the same to my local drive.
Also I need to copy a zip file containing "elf" keyword which will also be located in the same directory where my file is present.
For example:
Search file: abc.zip
Network drive:\abc.com\test
So basically I need to search for my file abc.zip in the network directory(including sub-folders) and if found copy the same to my local drive(say c:\Temp) and also I need to copy *elf* file to the same local directory.
Thanks in Advance.
#echo off
rem Prepare environment
setlocal enableextensions
rem Configure paths
set "source=\abc.com\test"
set "target=c:\test"
rem Change drive/path to source of files
pushd "%source%"
rem Recurse folders searching adecuated files and when found, copy to target
for /f "tokens=*" %%f in ('dir /s /b "abc.*z*" ^| findstr /i /e /c:".zip" /c:".7z"') do (
copy /y "%%~ff" "%target%"
if exist "%%~dpf\*elf*.zip" copy /y "%%~dpf\*elf*.zip" "%target%"
)
rem Return to previous drive/path
popd
rem Clean
endlocal
This will search the source folder hierarchy for indicated filename and an aproximate match based on file extension (.*z* matchs .zip, .7z and more), filters file extensions to only accept the cases needed (.zip and .7z) and copy the required files to target folder.
Have you considered using the Extended Copy Utility (xcopy)? Syntax is as simple as
xcopy "<directoryToCopyFrom>" "<directoryToCopyTo>" /C /S /D /Y /I
This will work assuming you're wanting to write a Windows batch script.
Searching for the "elf" string will be a bit trickier though. You might consider doing that using Java, and then call the batch file from the Java program.
for /d /r "drive:\abc.com\test" %%A in (*) do (
if exist "%%~A\abc.zip" copy "%%~A\abc.zip" "C:\Temp"
if exist "%%~A\*elf*" copy "%%~A\*elf*" "C:\Temp"
)
I'm looking to run a batch file in a specific folder and copy all files in that directory and rename those copies including it's extension to .txt
I.e, if there are files called fhnbye.zip and 212obtr.xls I want it to make copies of it and rename it to fhnbye.zip.txt and 212obtr.xls.txt
Is that possible?
This is a plain batch task:
#echo off
pushd "c:\data\folder"
echo creating "%%a.txt"
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d ') do copy /y "%%a" "%%a.txt" >nul
popd
OK, not to complicated, but there are some things you need to fill out before you can run this batch file (make sure its run in the same directory):
#echo off
set dir="C:\users\...[path to copy target (that is NEW location)]"
copy *.* %dir%\*.txt
And DONE!
Note, it will ask you for permission to overwrite files, if you have more then one file with the same name.
Edit 1
This code uses forfiles and will only work on windows 7 if you have windows tool installed (most computers will)
#echo off
set dir="C:\users\...[path to copy target (that is NEW location)]"
forfiles /c "cmd /c (copy #file %dir%\#file.txt)"
It should work fine.
Mona