Thx I'd also note that the /mir switch may not be exactly the option you want with robocopy, but that will copy the whole folder tree, deleting files at the destination if they're not at the source.
From: Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:23 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: file searching and copying Good one, Scott. Jeff, remember to add a % to each variable if used in a batch file, vs the command line. ASB http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market... On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Crawford, Scott <crawfo...@evangel.edu<mailto:crawfo...@evangel.edu>> wrote: For /f "tokens=*" %i in ('dir *WORDS_TO_SEARCH* /s/a/b/ad') do robocopy /mir "%i" DESTINATION_PATH This will search a folder tree for directorys. Change the dir command to eliminate the /s if you only want to search the root. From: Jeff Bunting [mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com<mailto:bunting.j...@gmail.com>] Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:01 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: file searching and copying I'm attempting to search for particular words in a directory name (must use wildcards!), and, if found, copy the the directory tree while maintaining its structure to another directory. Are there any native tools (or reskit like robocopy) that can accomplish this somewhat easily? thanks, Jeff ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com<mailto:listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
