CMD/batch get basename for subfolder - batch-file

I want to loop through all subfolders in c:\my_folder, check if specified file exist then create (if not exist) folder in c:\copy (for example c:\copy\project1) and copy mentioned file.
Is it easy to loop through folders in batch file (for /d %variable in ("path") DO command),
but variable contains full path. For creating new folder I need only basename for subfolder.
How I can get it? Should I write another for loop when I remove other characters?
Is there any easier way?

If I understand you correctly you want just the folder name. In that case this is easy:
for /d %%d in (C:\my_folder) do echo %%~nxd

What Joey said. On the other hand, you could try a completely different approach:
XCOPY "C:\my_folder\my_file" "C:\copy" /S /I
This will copy the specified file from all subfolders of C:\my_folder to C:\copy with preserving the structure. Subfolders that do not have my_file will not be created in C:\copy. The /S switch tells XCOPY to search for my_file in subfolders. The /I parameter is there to make sure C:\copy should be a folder, before proceeding.

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How to copy files inside a folder without other folders in batch?

I am having the following folder structure:
Folder1
-Folder2
-File1
-File2
-File3
I have tried the following in batch script to copy all inside the Folder1
echo d | xcopy "Folder1\*.*" "DestinationFolder"/f /s /y /r
But I need to copy only File1, File2, File3. Need to ignore Folder2. I don't have any idea about how to achieve this. Please help me resolve this.
If Folder2 is empty, /S will do,
but since you have /s in your command, so I guess it's not empty.
So use this:
echo \Folder2\>__tmp4Exclude__
echo d | xcopy "Folder1\*.*" "DestinationFolder" /f /s /y /r /EXCLUDE:__tmp4Exclude__
del __tmp4Exclude__
__tmp4Exclude__ is a temp file created to contain the list of files to exclude while copying.
From xcopy /?:
/EXCLUDE:file1[+file2][+file3]...
Specifies a list of files containing strings. Each string
should be in a separate line in the files. When any of the
strings match any part of the absolute path of the file to be
copied, that file will be excluded from being copied. For
example, specifying a string like \obj\ or .obj will exclude
all files underneath the directory obj or all files with the
.obj extension respectively.
There is no need to use xcopy to copy just files! xcpoy is usually used to copy directory trees.
So, use copy instead. You can do:
copy "Folder1\*.*" "Destination\"
Probably you may need to use /(-)Y option:
/Y Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
/-Y Causes prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an existing destination file.
From copy /? (copy help page)

How to remove a subfolder with unknown folder name?

I have a folder D:\test1 and I have another folder inside that whose name is not known.
I tried using rmdir /s "D:\test\*", but it is showing an error.
I just want to know is there any way of doing this operation?
In shell script if we give rmdir "D:\test1\*" it will remove all directories inside test1.
I am looking for the command in batch syntax.
I suggest
#echo off
for /D %%F in ("D:\test1\*") do rmdir /S /Q "%%F"
It deletes all subfolders in D:\test1 recursively even if subfolders contain one or more spaces in folder name.

Copying a Folder and renaming it using command prompt

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

xcopy does not create directory structure

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.

Batch file loop to grab all folders in a directory except for a certain folder

Just wondering the best way to do this in a single batch file. I have a folder called C:\Program\Foo and I want to grab all the folders except for the testing folder inside of foo, and I want to xcopy into D:\ so in D:\ foo will be there but no test folder.
Is there a way I can loop through each folder and check for a certain name not to include?
using /Exclude would mean I would need an extra text file with "Testing" in it
I don't see why you could not create a temporary exclusion file (using a temporary folder, that is):
#ECHO OFF
FOR %%F IN ("%TEMP%\exclude.txt") DO SET tmpf=%%~sF
ECHO Testing>%tmpf%\exclude.txt
XCOPY source destination /EXCLUDE:%tmpf%\exclude.txt other options
Note: XCOPY does not recognise double quotes as path delimiters in the /EXCLUDE option and offers no alternative for specifying paths with spaces, which can be a problem on Windows XP systems. This limitation can be worked around by replacing the original path with its counterpart consisting only of short names. That is what the FOR loop in the above script does for the %TEMP% folder.
Can you use ROBOCOPY?
ROBOCOPY C:\Program\Foo D:\ * /E /XD Test
/E copies subfolders and files
/XD excludes directories
Use the EXCLUDE option and put your exclusions in that file. That will let you exclude entire directories.
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/using-xcopy-backup-can-exclude-some-directories-t489674.html
xcopy "c:\document and settings" "i:\documents and settings\" /s /d /EXCLUDE:c:\a.txt
a.txt contains
\temp\
\temporary internet files\
You may need to use shorter DOS file names.

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