I have a bat that basically just copies a directory of PSTs, but sometimes they are left open (users logged in). I am looking for a bat that will just go down the list and copy the ones that are available to be copied (not open). As it is now if the 2nd PST in the list is locked then that's it, I will have only copied (or backed up) two PSTs. Is there a way to use a combination of Bats to create a 2nd bat with a list of the file names, then pull it in and read it and do a copy on files "if not errorlevel 1" skipping to the next when a file is locked? adv(THANKS)ance! michael

Good question. I just copied a whole directory and it got the one which was open. I guess the easy answer, if yours doesn't, is to use xcopy /c which continues even if there are errors. If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

For /F %%n in ([file with the list of files]) Do Copy %%n That's to retrieve from a list, but I'm not sure what you mean by "open" or "locked".

heh. guess I should get more familiar with "xcopy" that was a much easier solution. Thanks M2! Michael