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Batch read variables from text, do robocopy
Name: khgust Date: June 5, 2009 at 05:21:02 Pacific OS: Windows XP and Server 2003 Subcategory: Batch
Comment:
I've been trying to create a batch file that reads a PC name and username from a text file and then executes a robocopy command. Once that command completes, it should go back to the text file and read the next set of data, etc. The text file is setup like: PC-1 JDoe PC-2 FGBar
Here is what I have, but I keep getting "The Syntaxt of the command is incorrect".
@ECHO OFF
setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion
for /f "tokens=1,2 delims= " %%a in ("PCs.txt") do (
SET PCTOBACKUP=%%a
SET BACKUPNAME=%%b
SET DESTDRIVE=\\MyServer
SET DESTFOLDER=%DESTDRIVE%\C-Drives$\%BACKUPNAME%_%PCTOBACKUP%
ECHO %PCTOBACKUP%
ECHO %BACKUPNAME%
ECHO %DESTFOLDER%
IF NOT EXIST %DESTFOLDER% MD %DESTFOLDER%
Robocopy \\%PCTOBACKUP%\c$ %DESTFOLDER% /MIR /R:0 /LOG:%DESTDRIVE%\C-Drives$\Running%BACKUPNAME%.LOG /TEE
copy %DESTDRIVE%\C-Drives$\Running%BACKUPNAME%.LOG %DESTDRIVE%\C-Drives$\Complete%BACKUPNAME%.LOG
del %DESTDRIVE%\C-Drives$\Running%BACKUPNAME%.LOG
)
I greatly appreciate any assistance. I had it working when just one line was in the text file, but I can't get it working again, and not really sure what went wrong. Thank you!
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