Copying folders with specific names (perhaps using ROBOCOPY)

[Guest Jake R]

I have a server with a fairly complex folder structure that needs

certain folders copied to another location.

 

Essentially, there are many folders and subfolders all over the D:

drive. In most of the subfolders there is a folder called "Archive".

Inside these Archive folders is the data that I need to move to

another server.

 

Does ROBOCOPY have a way of copying only folders with certain names? I

know how to copy files using wildcards to only copy certain filenames.

 

I am hoping that the same folder structure would be duplicated on the

destination server.

 

I have tried the following command, but of course it did not work (I

do not think that wildcards are allowed in folder names):

 

c:>robocopy \\source\d$\apps\arch*\ \\destination\d$\apps /s /e /z /

ipg:100 /r:1 /w:2

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you.

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Copying folders with specific names (perhaps using ROBOCOPY)

 

 

"Jake R" <jacobrich@gmail.com> wrote in message

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>I have a server with a fairly complex folder structure that needs

> certain folders copied to another location.

>

> Essentially, there are many folders and subfolders all over the D:

> drive. In most of the subfolders there is a folder called "Archive".

> Inside these Archive folders is the data that I need to move to

> another server.

>

> Does ROBOCOPY have a way of copying only folders with certain names? I

> know how to copy files using wildcards to only copy certain filenames.

>

> I am hoping that the same folder structure would be duplicated on the

> destination server.

>

> I have tried the following command, but of course it did not work (I

> do not think that wildcards are allowed in folder names):

>

> c:>robocopy \\source\d$\apps\arch*\ \\destination\d$\apps /s /e /z /

> ipg:100 /r:1 /w:2

>

> Any help would be greatly appreciated.

>

> Thank you.

 

You could do it with the batch file below. Please note this:

- The batch file will fail if your folder names include "poison" characters

such as &, %, ^, !, (, ).

- To activate the batch file, you must remove the word "echo" in

the robocopy line.

 

@echo off

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

set Source=D:\Source Folder\

set Target=\\server\share\dest folder\

dir /s /ad /b "%Source%*.*" | find /i "\archive" > c:\dir.txt

 

for /F "tokens=*" %%* in (c:\dir.txt) do (

set T1=%%*

call set T2=!T1:%Source%=%Target%!

echo robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*

)

[Guest anygaard]

Re: Copying folders with specific names (perhaps using ROBOCOPY)

 

 

I am trying to use this script, and am getting an error:

 

ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Accessing Source Directory C:\%a\

The system cannot find the file specified.

 

here is how I modified the script to my own use:

 

@echo off

setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

set Source=C:\docume~1\

set Target=C:\profiles\

dir /s /ad /b "%Source%*.*" | find /i "\desktop" > c:\dir.txt

 

for /F "tokens=*" %%* in (c:\dir.txt) do (

set T1=%%*

call set T2=!T1:%Source%=%Target%!

robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*

)

 

I copied it from here, and only changed the source, target, and what it

is finding, took out the echo, and it is not working. Any help would be

greatly appreciated.

 

 

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Re: Copying folders with specific names (perhaps using ROBOCOPY)

 

Give yourself some eyes: Replace the line

robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*

with

echo robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*

and you will see immediately what's going on. Hint: Have a

closer look at this line:

for /F "tokens=*" %%* in (c:\dir.txt) do (

and ask yourself what name you assigned to your loop variable,

i.e. the one preceded with %%.

 

 

"anygaard" <anygaard.3etofd@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message

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>

> I am trying to use this script, and am getting an error:

>

> ERROR 2 (0x00000002) Accessing Source Directory C:\%a\

> The system cannot find the file specified.

>

> here is how I modified the script to my own use:

>

> @echo off

> setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion

> set Source=C:\docume~1\

> set Target=C:\profiles\

> dir /s /ad /b "%Source%*.*" | find /i "\desktop" > c:\dir.txt

>

> for /F "tokens=*" %%* in (c:\dir.txt) do (

> set T1=%%*

> call set T2=!T1:%Source%=%Target%!

> robocopy /s "%%a" "!T2!" *.*

> )

>

> I copied it from here, and only changed the source, target, and what it

> is finding, took out the echo, and it is not working. Any help would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

>

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