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Thank you so much foxidrive, your fix works great - it's smarter than mine - and I learned a new dos function I wasn't aware of : pushd/popd. In the meantime I also improved the overall routine with variable target drive and automated subfolders creation. I was pretty confident a batch file would be...

Hi foxidrive, I'm pretty amazed, the batch files works pretty well indeed. There are only 2 small issues : 1) the %%b variable in copy /b /y "%%a" "E:\AIP\VAC\%%b_%%c_%%z_%%e_%%f" contains "d:\eVFRM\120726\chart\LS" instead of "LS": Update release is "120...

Wow ! I'm really amazed, thank you so much ! I'm going to test it and let you know ASAP.

Have a pleasant day
Yours,

Antoine

Hello again, There, I tried describing accurately the batch file's task. Do you think a batch file might be suited to do it? The CD-ROM contains several folders, but all interesting data are stored in the one named eVFRM\ The folder eVFRM contains one folder named after update number (for instance &...

Ok, I provide you more accurate info this evening, when I'm home with the real stuff available.

I'm ok to copy the files then rename.
Regarding city names, I get a more comfortable sorting when the city name stands before ICAO code.

Thanks for your help, won't post elsewhere

Antoine

Hi foxidrive, Thank you for your reply. Let's say on the CD-ROM, files are stored as follows (I don't have it with me, I transcript it by memory): \120727\eVFR\Full\LS_ADINFO_0001_LSGS_VAC.PDF (where 120727 stands for update number, LS_ADINFO means it's an airport information, LSGS means Sion Airpor...

Hello everybody, My name is Antoine, I'm new on this forum. I'm trying to develop the following batch file : My point : As a private pilot, I get every month a CD-ROM with updated information in PDF format (approach plates, rules, airport information, etc.), spread in various files and directories. ...