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Number   :  5246
Date     :  2003-08-08
Author   :  William Boyer
Subject  :  Re: Copy fully-specified files to same path on another drive
Size(KB) :  3


Thanks for the attempt. i'll try to clarify. First, I am not 
trying to get a complete disk or even complete subdirectories. What 
I mean by "" is the filename with 
the path included, thus it cannot end with \

So what I want is to copy a bunch of individually specified files 
from d: to z:
"d:\fully specified path 1\file 1"
to 
"z:\fully specified path 1\file 1"

and 
"d:\fully specified path 2\file 2"
to 
"z:\fully specified path 2\file 2"
etc.

Here is an example (I'll put line numbers in [] to make clear where 
new lines start)

[1]xxcopy "D:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24
\Jam001.jpg" z:\
[2]xxcopy "D:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24
\Jam002.jpg" z:\

This puts Jam001.jpg and Jam002.jpg in z:\

Another example:
[1]xxcopy "D:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24
\Jam001.jpg" "z:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24
\Jam001.jpg"
[2]xxcopy "D:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24
\Jam002.jpg" "z:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24
\Jam002.jpg"

This puts Jam001.jpg in the DIRECTORY "z:\My Documents\My 
Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24\Jam001.jpg", so the fully qualified 
filename is "z:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24
\Jam001.jpg\Jam001.jpg" and Jam002.jpg ends up as "z:\My 
Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24\Jam002.jpg\Jam002.jpg"

I'd like to avoid the parsing necessary to convert the commands to 
the following form, which I expect would work
Another example:
[1]xxcopy "D:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24
\Jam001.jpg" "z:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24\"
[2]xxcopy "D:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24
\Jam002.jpg" "z:\My Documents\My Pictures\SEB\My Jams\2001-12-24\"

I'm looking for way to make xxcopy duplicate the source path in the 
destination.

Thanks,
William


--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "rgmiller02"  wrote:
> --- 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:\ file with
> > 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 
 specified
> > 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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