Overwriting files from two directories

[KM8888]

Hi all,

I have pilfered through a lot of posts but can't seem to combine exactly what I'm trying to do. I have a bit of code here but basically, instead of the .txt files I want it to cycle through every file in each folder and match them against each other. If the file doesn't exist in the folder I want to overwrite to it would simply just copy it over, if the date of the file is newer in the LocalFile folder than it is in the ServerFile folder than it will overwrite it into the ServerFile folder.

I know there are tweaks needed to this, probably pointing to the specific folders and some looping but I'm not exactly sure of the syntax, if anybody has any direction it is greatly appreciated! Thanks

Const OverwriteExisting = TRUE

Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set objLocalFile = objFSO.GetFile("c:\scripts\test.txt")
dtmLocalDate = objLocalFile.DateLastModified

Set objServerFile = objFSO.GetFile("\\source\public\test.txt")
dtmServerDate = objServerFile.DateLastModified

If dtmLocalDate < dtmServerDate Then
    objFSO.CopyFile objServerFile.Path, objLocalFile.Path, OverwriteExisting
End If

 

[Geates]

Recursion

psuedo-code

sub syncfiles(dir)
   interate through local dir sub folders
   if a sub folder exists thensyncfile(sub folder)
   iterate through local dir files
   if a file exist then compare the file with server file and copy as needed
end sub

-Geates

http://raqxtr.sstar.com/caspdoc/html/chapter_5__developer_s_reference.htm

 

[jges]

Sounds like you want to synchronize 2 folders. There is a lot of software out there to do this and the good news is, a bunch of them are free.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_synchronization_software

 

[KM8888]

Thanks for the reply guys. Jges, unfortunately I was looking to utilize a script so I could run it automatically on someone else's PC so downloading a program isn't the most feasible.

Thanks

 

[guitarzan]

Then look into Geates' suggestion. Here is an faq to get you started on both recursion, and traversing files / folders.
faq329-5515