Need a batch file please
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Need a batch file please
Ok i don't really do batch files, but i know they can be used for many things. And now the need has arrived for the need of one.
i need a file to run and check a folder and all sub folders and look for a file and if that file is there make a copy of it but with a different name, but if that file already is there then skip it and continue on.
I have alot of movies on a server with a folder.jpg inside each folder and need to make a copy of that file but labled poster.jpg for another meda box to be able to use it. so i will need bot files there and as i add movies i will need to run this programs every so often to fill in the missing files.
example here is where my movies are stored
"M:\ServerFolders\MKV Movies HD"
then they are broken down into A, B, C ,.... folders and then each movie is in its sub folder.
example
M:\ServerFolders\MKV Movies HD\0-9\300
with in this folder i have the folder.jpg file and need a copy of it and renamed to poster.jpg so in the end i will have both a folder.jpg and a poster.jpg file in each movie folder.
I could really use your help to write (What i have been told is a simple batch file but have no idea how to write one)
THANKS!
i need a file to run and check a folder and all sub folders and look for a file and if that file is there make a copy of it but with a different name, but if that file already is there then skip it and continue on.
I have alot of movies on a server with a folder.jpg inside each folder and need to make a copy of that file but labled poster.jpg for another meda box to be able to use it. so i will need bot files there and as i add movies i will need to run this programs every so often to fill in the missing files.
example here is where my movies are stored
"M:\ServerFolders\MKV Movies HD"
then they are broken down into A, B, C ,.... folders and then each movie is in its sub folder.
example
M:\ServerFolders\MKV Movies HD\0-9\300
with in this folder i have the folder.jpg file and need a copy of it and renamed to poster.jpg so in the end i will have both a folder.jpg and a poster.jpg file in each movie folder.
I could really use your help to write (What i have been told is a simple batch file but have no idea how to write one)
THANKS!
Re: Need a batch file please
Try this. If it looks to be copying the file, which is only echoed to the screen atm, then remove the echo and pause commands and run it again to perform the copys.
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@echo off
pushd "M:\ServerFolders\MKV Movies HD"
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir folder.jpg /b /s') do (
if not exist "%%~dpa\poster.jpg" echo copy /b "%%a" "%%~dpa\poster.jpg"
pause
)
popd
Re: Need a batch file please
Another option. Basically the same but using a different form of FOR
Dave Benham
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@echo off
for /r "M:\ServerFolders\MKV Movies HD" %%F in (folder.jpg) do (
if not exist "%%~dpF\poster.jpg" copy /b "%%F" "%%~dpF\poster.jpg"
)
Dave Benham
Re: Need a batch file please
for /d has bugs in some cases when specifying a path and I think for /r shares them.
Re: Need a batch file please
Thanks so much guys. I will check it out when I get home later today
Re: Need a batch file please
ok i think i might have an issue. The file is a hidden file that we are looking for so it does not find it. Is there a way to still make this work?
Re: Need a batch file please
OK i think i have found a back door way oof doing it, but i am sure there is an easier way.
here is what i did.
@echo off
pushd "M:\ServerFolders\MKV Movies HD"
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /a:h folder.jpg /b /s') do (
ATTRIB -h "%%~dpa\folder.jpg"
if not exist "%%~dpa\poster.jpg" echo copy /b "%%a" "%%~dpa\poster.jpg"
ATTRIB +h "%%~dpa\folder.jpg"
pause
)
popd
is there a simple way of doing this?
here is what i did.
@echo off
pushd "M:\ServerFolders\MKV Movies HD"
for /f "delims=" %%a in ('dir /a:h folder.jpg /b /s') do (
ATTRIB -h "%%~dpa\folder.jpg"
if not exist "%%~dpa\poster.jpg" echo copy /b "%%a" "%%~dpa\poster.jpg"
ATTRIB +h "%%~dpa\folder.jpg"
pause
)
popd
is there a simple way of doing this?
Re: Need a batch file please
That will work fine.
Re: Need a batch file please
Thanks again for your help here. Yep everything worked just the way i needed.