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Number   :  2536
Date     :  2002-07-24
Author   :  Garry Deane
Subject  :  Re: Moving mass files
Size(KB) :  2


--- In xxcopy@y..., "d7legra"  wrote:
> This moved all of my files into the C:\mp3\artists folder, instead 
of 
> the folder for each separate artist. 
> 

On the assumption that you are using NT/W2k/XP, the following batch 
file will move all *.mp3 files which are SIX levels below the root 
(C:\mp3\artist\a\acdc\album\*.mp3) up 2 levels. Because it will only 
move files that are 6 levels deep, I am assuming that these will only 
be the newly acquired and sorted files - the rest will be left alone. 
Copy the text below into a text editor and save it as say MoveMP3.bat 
in C:\ or somewhere in your path (type PATH in a CMD Prompt window to 
see what your path is).

Once the files have been moved to the correct location, you can then 
use Xxcopy to update newer files to the F: drive. In fact if you're 
feeling adventurous, you could modify the batch commands to do this 
directly to the F: drive by using Xxcopy instead of Move. (Replace 
everything between the brackets with Xxcopy "%%i" "F:%%
~pi\.." /bu/bn).

What the first command does is create a directory listing of all 
the .MP3 files in C:\mp3. This list is then piped to the Findstr 
command to extract only those files that have at least 6 \'s in their 
path (the .*\\ finds any text then \). Note that if there are 
also .mp3 files 7 levels down, these will also be moved up 2 levels 
which is not what you want but I assume this is not an issue. This 
list is then saved to new_mp3.txt. The next FOR command reads this 
list and for each entry in the list:
1. Displays a message about the file being moved
2. Moves the file up 2 levels
3. If there is an error, the file already exists in the higher level 
directory so it deletes the one at the lower level.

I'd suggest that you experiment with a partial copy of your data in a 
different directory first to make sure that it works the way you 
want. Just change C:\mp3 to point to the test directory. If your data 
is at a lower or higher level than 6 deep, adjust the number of .*\\ 
in the Findstr part. Once you're happy that everything is working 
correctly, just add your xxcopy command onto the end of the batch 
file after the last ).

@echo off
dir /b/s C:\mp3\*.mp3|findstr /r \\.*\\.*\\.*\\.*\\.*\\ > new_mp3.txt
for /f "tokens=*" %%i in (new_mp3.txt) do (
echo Moving %%i
move "%%i" "%%~dpi\..\.." 1>nul 2>&1
if errorlevel 1 del "%%i" > nul
)

Garry



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