Anyone can help me. l want to copy a file to a number of folder. for example. copy c:\file.txt c:\folder001 copy c:\file.txt c:\folder002 ..... ..... copy c:\file.txt c:\folder998 copy c:\file.txt c:\folder999 how l can make it in the batch for define the variable folder? l try the following but cannot work copy c:\file.txt c:\folder* OR copy c:\file.txt c:\folder??? Thanks Hung

Which version of DOS ie MS-DOS Command Prompt: http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/16200.html NT Command Prompt: http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/16197.html

l use msdos command prompt.l can use FOR LOOP in NT command prompt but it cannot work in msdos because it does not support /L switch. Does any dos tools can help?

Hi Nuts Nice Name This will work for MsDos or the Command Prompt The three for loops are on one line. The First copies to folders 000-999 The Second copies to folder 001-999 incase you don't want a folder 000 @echo off rem Copy File.txt to Folder 000-999 for %%a in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do for %%b in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do for %%c in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do copy\file.txt\Folder%%a%%b%%c ----------------------- @echo off rem Copy File.txt to Folder 001-999 for %%a in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do for %%b in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do for %%c in (0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9) do ( if not "%%a%%b%%c"=="000" copy\file.txt\Folder%%a%%b%%c )

Hi dtech10, Pretty neat. One minor point. There ain't no 9 char file/dir names in DOS. If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Hi Mechanic Well spotted Forget about that one. Guess I too used to WinXP. Thanks