.bat creation help

[dtorres]

I need to create a .bat file that users can run to copy multiple folders and all the contents inside the folders off their local system and have it copy them to a place on the network. They have personal space on the network which they see as the drive Y:\ on their computer. Could any one assit me on this?

Thank You

"D"

 

[ReddLefty]

Copying could lag up your network. I would suggest you look into Offline Folders (setting up your users Y: to be an offline folder on the network), or third party software like XXCOPY which can do synchronizations on folders (and a whole lot more.. look it up on the web). The xxcopy can run in a batch file if you like, but the offfline folders is a part of Windows 2000 and can be setup via group policies or individually.. depending on the amount of users you may have.



"In space, nobody can hear you click..."

 

[dtorres]

The .bat file is something a user can click on before their system is formatted with an XP image. There are just particular folders I need to copy. Only a few users will be running it at a time. The script is only going to run once to copy the folder up to the network.

"D"

 

[ReddLefty]

hehe ok.. would of been good to mention that part too.. would of saved me a lot of typing:

XCOPY <source files> <destination> /S /E

Example: XCOPY c:\&quot;My Documents&quot; y: /s /e

/s= with Sub-Directories
/e= Empty sub-directories also

Do a XCOPY /? in a DOS windows to find all the commands.




&quot;In space, nobody can hear you click...&quot;

 

[dtorres]

lol...sorry about that!

Thank You. Apprecaite the help! I'll give it a shot and see how it works.

Thanks again.

&quot;D&quot;

 

[dtorres]

Is the an option to copy the folder or do I have to create the folder and then have the items copied to that particular folder. I used the following:

XCOPY c:\&quot;My Documents&quot; y: /s /e

and it placed all the individual files to the Y: drive rather in their folders.

 

[dtorres]

Ahh I got...thanks for your help!

 

[dtorres]

Another question, I am trying to delete folders using my .bat file. Once the contents is copied out I want to remove the folder(s) from their network drive. Some of the folder names are longer than 9 characters for example:

y:\signatures

I am able to move the contents of the folder to their local system, but I am unable to delete the folder using DOS commands. I am not sure what needs to be added to the .bat file to del the folder.

I am running this script on a Windows 2000 and WinXP box.

Thanks

&quot;D&quot;

 

[paho]

try to use the extention .CMD unstead of .BAT