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Number   :  5245
Date     :  2003-08-08
Author   :  rgmiller02
Subject  :  Re: Copy fully-specified files to same path on another drive
Size(KB) :  1


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Boyer, William"  
wrote:
> Hello group,
> I wish to copy a large number (a few thousand) of files from their 
current
> locations to the same path on another drive. I have them all in a 
list and
> a spreadsheet, so I can create a batch file with the appropriate 
command to
> run on each file. 
> 
> When I try,
> xxcopy d:\ z:
> Each file ends up in the root of z:. (The batch file is many lines 
with a
> different file on each line.) 
> 
> When I try,
> xxcopy d:\ z:\ path>
> Each file gets put in a subdirectory with the same name as the file.
> 
> Is there any way to get xxcopy to do this, short of parsing  file with path>, removing the filename at the end, then putting it 
back
> together?
> 
> Thanks,
> William


William,

The ending of your path(s) are not obvious from your description. 
Does each path end with a backslash " \ "? 

At the risk of stating the obvious, have you tried

xxcopy d:\fully\specified\path\ z:\fully\specified\path\ /s

The "/s" parameter will cause all files AND subdirectories to be 
copied. If all you are attempting to do is to copy ALL files from d: 
to z:, then you won't need the filenames and paths in order to create 
a large batch file, simply read about the power of XXCOPY in the 
Technical Bulletins (http://www.xxcopy.com/#tag_10).

Also remember that if your path(s) contain spaces, surround the path 
in quotation marks (i.e. "c:\fully specified\path\").

Hope this helps,

Randy



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