Hi guys, Can anyone help me with a batch file that searches a drive for .pst and .dbx files through all dirs, then copies the files it found to a directory? thanks heaps , Mike

try this, dir C:\*.pst /s /b > C:\files.log dir C:\*.dbx /s /b >> C:\files.log and then .. hmm, use some editing program to use this file as input to create a batchfile to copy the files to the same dir thats the way I would do it, edting can be done with awk (non-DOS program)

Miskva is right, check this one out http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/12091.html

Miskva is right about getting the list, but Edwin suggested a solution which I don't know if works, but is definitively dependent on a 3rd party application. That means it won't run in most of the regular Win98 systems, unless you include the 3rd party program together. That's not necessary. Here's a solution which won't need any 3rd party apps, so should work on most Win98 systems: ===== BATCH SCRIPT BEGIN ===== @echo off set DEST=X:\Anywere set DIRBAK=%DIRCMD% set DIRCMD= dir/b/s/a-d \*.pst > %TEMP%.\T1.BAT dir/b/s/a-d \*.dbx >> %TEMP%.\T1.BAT set DIRCMD=%DIRBAK% set DIRBAK= echo e100'SET %%1='> %TEMP%\T3.DAT for %%? in (rcx 7 w q) do echo %%?>> %TEMP%.\T3.DAT type nul> %TEMP%.\T2.DAT DEBUG %TEMP%.\T2.DAT < %TEMP%.\T3.DAT > nul :loop copy %TEMP%.\T1.BAT nul > %TEMP%.\T3.DAT FIND " 0 " < %TEMP%.\T3.DAT > nul if not errorlevel=1 goto loopend copy/y %TEMP%.\T2.DAT+%TEMP%.\T1.BAT %TEMP%.\T3.DAT > nul FIND "SET %%1=" < %TEMP%.\T3.DAT > %TEMP%.\T1.BAT call %TEMP%.\T1.BAT FILE copy %FILE% %DEST% FIND/V "SET %%1=" < %TEMP%.\T3.DAT > %TEMP%.\T1.BAT goto loop :loopend for %%? in (T1.BAT T2.DAT T3.DAT) do del %TEMP%.\%%? set DEST= :eof ===== BATCH SCRIPT END ===== That script was extracted from my FAQ #24. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- PS: Hey, Miskva, see the checking for the zero-byte file? =D secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br _____________________________________________________________________

Hey, I just tested the script and found out a bug, besides the fact that you could run out of enviroment space. Here's the script with the error corrected and which will get more enviroment space: ===== BATCH SCRIPT BEGIN ===== @echo off if "%1"=="GoTo" goto %2 %comspec% /e:4096 /c %0 GoTo start goto eof :start set DEST=X:\Anywere set T1=%TEMP%.\T1.BAT set T2=%TEMP%.\T2.DAT set T3=%TEMP%.\T3.DAT set DIRCMD= dir/b/s/a-d \*.pst > %T1% dir/b/s/a-d \*.dbx >> %T1% echo e100'SET %%1='> %TEMP%\T3.DAT for %%? in (rcx 7 w q) do echo %%?>> %T3% type nul> %T2% DEBUG %T2% < %T3% > nul :loop copy %T1% nul > %T3% FIND " 0 " < %T3% > nul if not errorlevel=1 goto loopend copy/y %T2%+%T1% %T3% > nul FIND "SET %%1=" < %T3% > %T1% call %T1% FILE copy "%FILE%" "%DEST%" FIND/V "SET %%1=" < %T3% > %T1% goto loop :loopend for %%? in (%T1% %T2% %T3%) do if exist %%? del %%? :eof ===== BATCH SCRIPT END ===== That script was designed and tested under Win98SE. It will fail under NT systems. The script won't copy hidden files. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br _____________________________________________________

Very nice, very, very nice. Good batch-script

Thanks. I've found another error: where it says echo e100'SET %%1='> %TEMP%\T3.DAT Should be echo e100'SET %%1='> %T3% The script still works if T3=%TEMP%.\T3.DAT, but that affects the logic of the script. -- Leonardo Pignataro - Secret_Doom -- secret_doom@hotmail.com www.batch.hpg.com.br