I have a list of file paths in a txt. I want to copy the files to another directory keeping the directory structure which they are in

Assuming that the listed paths are directories: for /f "tokens=*" %%a in (list.txt) do ( mkdir "dst\%%~na" xcopy "%%a" "dst\%%~na" /E /I ) Just replace myfile.txt and dst with the appropriate names.

That really doesn't work, I have files and folders mixed in the directory going about 6 directories deep Thanks for your reply

How, exactly doesn't it work? Saying flatly that it doesn't work doesn't help anyone help you. Certainly it helps some. Do you understand what is being done in the example given? If you can figure it out, perhaps you can modify it to do what you need. I don't know if does what you want or not, but I can tell it certainly contains the clues you need to do what you want. rprgrmr

OK, First of all [Quote from Balkrah] Assuming that the listed paths are directories: [/Quote] [Quote from my post] I have files and folders mixed in the directory going about 6 directories deep [/Quote] And top of that the file list I have is only a list of files it hasn't got any entries for directories only. When I use that code each entry is treated as a directory and therefore a directory is created but not even in the correct tree structure. Created test structure d1 |--d11 | |--f1.txt d2 |--d22 | |--f2.txt f3.txt file.lst contains d1\d11\f1.txt d2\d22\f2.txt f3.txt and output is dst |--f1 |--f1.txt | f2 |--f2.txt | f3 it can be seen in the result code only created a folder with the file name, no matter where in the tree it was and if the file wasn't in a sub directory a folder is only created and file is ignored I am sorry about not providing enough information. I hope, I made myself clear. Thanks in advance

Here is the workaround I did to get what I wan't, First I included all of the folder names as well as file names and then [CODE] FOR /f "tokens=*" %%X IN (list.txt) DO ( :: Check if entry is a directory in the source IF EXIST %%X\nul ( :: Create if destination directory does not exist IF NOT EXIST dst\%%X\nul ( MKDIR dst\%%X ) ) IF NOT EXIST %%X\nul ( COPY %%X dst\%%X /y ) ) [/CODE]