For .... in loop

[Guest zino]

I don't know if I'm hitting the right group, if not can somebody tell me

which group to post in.

 

 

I need to use Eseutil utility from Microsoft Exchange sever to copy a large

folder(120 gig).

Eseutil does not accept * character, therefore I need to use it in a " for

..... in" DOS command.

 

the root folder to copy from contains subfolders and files and the subfolder

too contains subfolders and files. (each subfolder contains multi level of

subfolders and files with different extensions)

 

 

I need to use something as the following :

 

myRootFolder> for /R %I in (.) do for /D %K in ("%I") do mkdir %K

for /F %G in (dir %K /A:-D /B) do Eseutil /Y \\server1\c$\%G

/D\\server2\d$\%G

 

the command above is not correct. But what I'm trying is:

1- loop into each folder

2- get the folder name and create an empty similar one on the target(has the

same name)

3- fetch all the files under this folder

4- use Eseutil to copy the files one by one

 

thanks for help

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: For .... in loop

 

 

"zino" <zino@noemail.noemail> wrote in message

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>I don't know if I'm hitting the right group, if not can somebody tell me

> which group to post in.

>

>

> I need to use Eseutil utility from Microsoft Exchange sever to copy a

> large

> folder(120 gig).

> Eseutil does not accept * character, therefore I need to use it in a " for

> .... in" DOS command.

>

> the root folder to copy from contains subfolders and files and the

> subfolder

> too contains subfolders and files. (each subfolder contains multi level of

> subfolders and files with different extensions)

>

>

> I need to use something as the following :

>

> myRootFolder> for /R %I in (.) do for /D %K in ("%I") do mkdir %K

> for /F %G in (dir %K /A:-D /B) do Eseutil /Y \\server1\c$\%G

> /D\\server2\d$\%G

>

> the command above is not correct. But what I'm trying is:

> 1- loop into each folder

> 2- get the folder name and create an empty similar one on the target(has

> the

> same name)

> 3- fetch all the files under this folder

> 4- use Eseutil to copy the files one by one

>

> thanks for help

 

A server or a scripting group would be a better place to post

this question. As a starting point, consider this:

- The for /R construct is reported to be buggy.

- Executing such complex commands by retyping them won't

get you far. You should put them into a batch file.

Try this one:

01. @echo off

02. set Source=d:\Exchange

03. set Target=\\Server2\d$

04. set Letter=%Source:~0,2%

05.

06. dir /ad /b /s "%source%" > c:\dir.txt

07. xcopy /s /t /e "%Source%" "%Target%\"

08. for /F "delims=" %%a in ('type c:\dir.txt') do call :Sub %%a

09. del c:\dir.txt

10. goto :eof

11.

12. :Sub

13. set Dir=%*

14. call set Dir=%%Dir:%Letter%=%%

15. echo Eseutil /Y "%*\Mailbox Database.edb" /D"%Target%%Dir%Mailbox

Database.edb"

 

Adjust Lines #01 and #02 to suit your requirements, then run the batch

file. When you're happy with the result, activate the batch file by

removing the word "echo" in Line #15. Note that Line #07 creates the

target directory structure. No need to do a recursive directory walk!

[Guest Big Al]

Re: For .... in loop

 

zino wrote:

> I don't know if I'm hitting the right group, if not can somebody tell me

> which group to post in.

>

>

> I need to use Eseutil utility from Microsoft Exchange sever to copy a large

> folder(120 gig).

> Eseutil does not accept * character, therefore I need to use it in a " for

> .... in" DOS command.

>

> the root folder to copy from contains subfolders and files and the subfolder

> too contains subfolders and files. (each subfolder contains multi level of

> subfolders and files with different extensions)

>

>

> I need to use something as the following :

>

> myRootFolder> for /R %I in (.) do for /D %K in ("%I") do mkdir %K

> for /F %G in (dir %K /A:-D /B) do Eseutil /Y \\server1\c$\%G

> /D\\server2\d$\%G

>

> the command above is not correct. But what I'm trying is:

> 1- loop into each folder

> 2- get the folder name and create an empty similar one on the target(has the

> same name)

> 3- fetch all the files under this folder

> 4- use Eseutil to copy the files one by one

>

> thanks for help

for %a in (*.*) do dir %a

 

.. is not a valid filename, I know what . is, but every recursive

directory has no 'files' that match . So *.* works better. Or I

would guess it does.