How would I do this:

I have a server with a drive letter mapped to F:
I need to copy some of the folders from F: to an existing folder on drive
T:, which is on another server.
Say the folder names on F: are Folder1 and Folder2. (there's actually about
10 folders)
I want to copy Folder1 and Folder2 to drive T:
How can I copy Folder1 and all it's sub-contents to T: without first
creating a folder in the existing folder on T:
I want to avoid, if possible, doing a: MD t:\Folder1 and copying the
contents of F:\Folder1
In other words, I want the copy, or in this case, xcopy, command to create
the folder name for me.

Is there a way to do that?

TIA

"JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> How would I do this:
>
> I have a server with a drive letter mapped to F:
> I need to copy some of the folders from F: to an existing folder on drive
> T:, which is on another server.
> Say the folder names on F: are Folder1 and Folder2. (there's actually
> about 10 folders)
> I want to copy Folder1 and Folder2 to drive T:
> How can I copy Folder1 and all it's sub-contents to T: without first
> creating a folder in the existing folder on T:
> I want to avoid, if possible, doing a: MD t:\Folder1 and copying the
> contents of F:\Folder1
> In other words, I want the copy, or in this case, xcopy, command to create
> the folder name for me.
>
> Is there a way to do that?
>
> TIA
>

Have a look at "xcopy.exe /?". It tells you which switches to use
to create a target folder on the fly.

I see the /T switch, which "Creates the Directory Structure". But it says
it does not copy files.

What would I have to do, use the xcopy command with the /T switch, then
follow that with another xcopy command that actually does the copying?



"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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>
> "JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:OxJG8Hu2IHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> How would I do this:
>>
>> I have a server with a drive letter mapped to F:
>> I need to copy some of the folders from F: to an existing folder on drive
>> T:, which is on another server.
>> Say the folder names on F: are Folder1 and Folder2. (there's actually
>> about 10 folders)
>> I want to copy Folder1 and Folder2 to drive T:
>> How can I copy Folder1 and all it's sub-contents to T: without first
>> creating a folder in the existing folder on T:
>> I want to avoid, if possible, doing a: MD t:\Folder1 and copying the
>> contents of F:\Folder1
>> In other words, I want the copy, or in this case, xcopy, command to
>> create the folder name for me.
>>
>> Is there a way to do that?
>>
>> TIA
>>
>
> Have a look at "xcopy.exe /?". It tells you which switches to use
> to create a target folder on the fly.
>

A few quick tests with xcopy.exe would show you that
you can do almost anything with this command. Did you
try the /I switch?

"JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I see the /T switch, which "Creates the Directory Structure". But it says
>it does not copy files.
>
> What would I have to do, use the xcopy command with the /T switch, then
> follow that with another xcopy command that actually does the copying?
>
>
>
> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
> news:%23Ty$Rpu2IHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>
>> "JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:OxJG8Hu2IHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> How would I do this:
>>>
>>> I have a server with a drive letter mapped to F:
>>> I need to copy some of the folders from F: to an existing folder on
>>> drive T:, which is on another server.
>>> Say the folder names on F: are Folder1 and Folder2. (there's actually
>>> about 10 folders)
>>> I want to copy Folder1 and Folder2 to drive T:
>>> How can I copy Folder1 and all it's sub-contents to T: without first
>>> creating a folder in the existing folder on T:
>>> I want to avoid, if possible, doing a: MD t:\Folder1 and copying the
>>> contents of F:\Folder1
>>> In other words, I want the copy, or in this case, xcopy, command to
>>> create the folder name for me.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to do that?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>
>> Have a look at "xcopy.exe /?". It tells you which switches to use
>> to create a target folder on the fly.
>>
>

I hadn't tried the /I switch..... but I just did.

Here's the command I'm using in a batch file.

MD t:\%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2%
xcopy f:\testing\*.* t:\%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2% /S /E /I

I create the folder first, named from the current date.
Then I need to copy a folder (Testing) from F: to that newly created folder.
All I get on T: is the sub-contents of F:\testing
It doesn't create the folder TESTING on the fly


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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>A few quick tests with xcopy.exe would show you that
> you can do almost anything with this command. Did you
> try the /I switch?
>
> "JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:utwi4tu2IHA.2060@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>I see the /T switch, which "Creates the Directory Structure". But it says
>>it does not copy files.
>>
>> What would I have to do, use the xcopy command with the /T switch, then
>> follow that with another xcopy command that actually does the copying?
>>
>>
>>
>> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
>> news:%23Ty$Rpu2IHA.1196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OxJG8Hu2IHA.5024@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>>> How would I do this:
>>>>
>>>> I have a server with a drive letter mapped to F:
>>>> I need to copy some of the folders from F: to an existing folder on
>>>> drive T:, which is on another server.
>>>> Say the folder names on F: are Folder1 and Folder2. (there's actually
>>>> about 10 folders)
>>>> I want to copy Folder1 and Folder2 to drive T:
>>>> How can I copy Folder1 and all it's sub-contents to T: without first
>>>> creating a folder in the existing folder on T:
>>>> I want to avoid, if possible, doing a: MD t:\Folder1 and copying the
>>>> contents of F:\Folder1
>>>> In other words, I want the copy, or in this case, xcopy, command to
>>>> create the folder name for me.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to do that?
>>>>
>>>> TIA
>>>>
>>>
>>> Have a look at "xcopy.exe /?". It tells you which switches to use
>>> to create a target folder on the fly.
>>>
>>
>
>

"JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>I hadn't tried the /I switch..... but I just did.
>
> Here's the command I'm using in a batch file.
>
> MD t:\%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2%
> xcopy f:\testing\*.* t:\%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2% /S /E /I
>
> I create the folder first, named from the current date.
> Then I need to copy a folder (Testing) from F: to that newly created
> folder.
> All I get on T: is the sub-contents of F:\testing
> It doesn't create the folder TESTING on the fly

I would have been very surprised if your command had
created the folder "testing", since you're copying the
***contents*** of the "testing" folder, not the folder
itself. It's like saying "give me the contents of your
wallet" or "give me your wallet". Not the same at all!

Also: why the belts and braces approach? The /I switch
will create the destination folder, so why create it
manually too?

Have a look at the other switches below. They are essential
when operating the command in a batch file.

set MyDate=%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2%
xcopy /s /e /i /y /d f:\testing "t:\%MyDate%\Testing"

Worked like a charm!!
Thank you.

> Also: why the belts and braces approach?
Haven't played with this enough.

It's a cludge of a backup but, it's what they wanted.



"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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>
> "JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:%23NyJZUv2IHA.4164@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>I hadn't tried the /I switch..... but I just did.
>>
>> Here's the command I'm using in a batch file.
>>
>> MD t:\%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2%
>> xcopy f:\testing\*.* t:\%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2% /S /E /I
>>
>> I create the folder first, named from the current date.
>> Then I need to copy a folder (Testing) from F: to that newly created
>> folder.
>> All I get on T: is the sub-contents of F:\testing
>> It doesn't create the folder TESTING on the fly
>
> I would have been very surprised if your command had
> created the folder "testing", since you're copying the
> ***contents*** of the "testing" folder, not the folder
> itself. It's like saying "give me the contents of your
> wallet" or "give me your wallet". Not the same at all!
>
> Also: why the belts and braces approach? The /I switch
> will create the destination folder, so why create it
> manually too?
>
> Have a look at the other switches below. They are essential
> when operating the command in a batch file.
>
> set MyDate=%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2%
> xcopy /s /e /i /y /d f:\testing "t:\%MyDate%\Testing"
>
>

Thanks for the feedback.

"JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Worked like a charm!!
> Thank you.
>
>> Also: why the belts and braces approach?
> Haven't played with this enough.
>
> It's a cludge of a backup but, it's what they wanted.