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I have written a batch file to loop through a directory, but only retrieve and copy files with names that contain the strig 'APR_DATA'. TO get the listing, I use *APR_DATA*.txt, as the string is in the middle of the file name. When I run it, however, it appears to return all of the files in the directory. THe wildcards work from just a regular DOS command line. Here is the text of my batch file. Any ideas why it's not working?


for /f "\\win2kdevfs1\sharedfolders$\FTP\LOAD\APR_DRG\" %%i IN (*APR_DATA*.txt) DO call :moveit %%i

:moveit
IF NOT EXIST '\\dwbaseline\ETLSourceFiles\FlatFiles\Test\%1' COPY \\win2kdevfs1\sharedfolders$\FTP\LOAD\APR_DRG\%1 \\dwbaseline\ETLSourceFiles\FlatFiles\Test\%1

I don't see any reason to call another label in this instance.

That seems to work. Thanks! I am still confused as to why the wildcard didn't work. The original code I used copied the files, it just didn't filter them the way I wanted.

One other question though: If I run this from a command line (instead of double-clicking in Windows Explorer), it changes the directory. There there any way to avoid that? Or to return to the original directory where it was executed?

Sorry that's my fault. Put the POPD command at the end of the batch file.