Help with Batch script to move files !!

[simplyeshu]

Hi Frens...

Any Sample script to move the files from one directory to another directory?

[Ed Dyreen]

'
Hi, I'm not really answering your question, but I introduce some features you may want to play with, or maybe not
Move fails if the dir doesn't already exist, beware !

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@echo off &setlocal enableDelayedExpansion

>>"c:\OutputFile.log" (
   ::
   echo.!"!files moving at "!date!-!time!"!"!

   move/y "C:\A\*.*" "C:\Test" &&(
      move/y "C:\B\*.*" "C:\Test" &&(
         echo.!"!files moved at "!date!-!time!"!"!
      )||set/a$err=!errorlevel!
   )||set/a$err=!errorlevel!

   echo.errorlevel=!$err!_
)
type "c:\OutputFile.log"
pause

untested !

[simplyeshu]

Hi Dyreen...


It working perfectly...but after running the batch file i dont want cmd dialog box to stay like that till we press any key it should disappear and also in the output.log file i dont want to see "errorlevel=1_" message. Also i dont want to see the commands running, it should run in the background.

I think we can schedule this batch file to run via task scheduler but i want to know if there is any possibility of running this batch automatically everyday at particular time ?

Can you please suggest ?

[simplyeshu]

I think you have added error levels to distinguish... Wht i can see is it is showing as errorlevel=_ when files are moved if any and showing errorlevel=1_ when there are no files... is it possible to write the script something like if there are no files it should display the message no files to be moved...

[Ed Dyreen]

'
The code was suggestive, I was hoping you'd play with it, from your 2nd question I assume you are an absolute beginner thus the example is too complex.

Am I arrogant for asking you to study this site ?
It contains 20 lessons that will raise your experience to moderate in only a couple of days
http://www.allenware.com/icsw/icswidx.htm

Here is some more suggestive code dealing with your 2nd question

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at /?
schtasks /?
pause

[simplyeshu]

Thank You very much Dyreen.. So kind of you... I will go thru the http://www.allenware.com/icsw/icswidx.htm

[Ocalabob]

Greetings simplyeshu,

Would you consider using a batch file and ROBOCOPY.EXE as a
solution? You will find the resulting log file very detailed and
may decide to remove the 'echo' lines.

For example:

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@echo off
::Limited testing
echo files moving at %date%-%time% >> c:\OutputFile.log
for %%a in (
c:\A
c:\B
) do (
ROBOCOPY %%a C:\TEST /MOV /RH:2200-2300 /LOG+:c:\OutputFile.log
)
echo files moved at %date%-%time% >> c:\OutputFile.log

This could be started from a shortcut and run minimum on the desktop.

Best wishes!

[Squashman]

If you are running XP you will need to install Robocopy first. It is not native to XP.

[simplyeshu]

Hello Ocalabob,

Thank you very much.

Really the output is looking very nice. Will it work on Windows Server 2008 R2 if i run this as a batch file and schedule it for a particular time ?

I want to insert a new line whenever i run this batch file. I have tried with echo. but its not working.

@echo off
echo.
echo Files moving on %date%-%time% >> c:\OutputFile.log
for %%a in (
c:\A
c:\B
) do (
ROBOCOPY %%a C:\TEST /MOV /LOG+:c:\OutputFile.log
)
echo.
echo Files moved on %date%-%time% >> c:\OutputFile.log

Please advise.

[Ocalabob]

simplyeshu,

I do not have any experience with Windows Server 2008 R2, maybe
someone else can answer that.

To add a blank line to OutputFile.txt redirect your echo command to
the OutputFile.log example:
echo.>>c:\OutputFile.log

or to make it easier to spot in the file try something like:

echo =================>>c:\OutputFile.log

Best wishes.