Hi, I am working on a batch file that counts the number of files in a start folder and then the number of files in a destination folder and then works out the percentage complete from the two numbers. It is not going to badly except I have no idea how to get the numbers into the batch file. I tried set startcount=dir /a /s c:\"Documents and settings"\"kgp"\"my documents"\test\"My Pics"\ |find /c /v "" and set /a startcount=dir /a /s c:\"Documents and settings"\"kgp"\"my documents"\test\"My Pics"\ |find /c /v "" No Luck. Gave a divide by zero error. I then used the bit after the set startcount= to export the numbers it came up with to a txt document, worked great ! Now how to get the numbers from the first line of the two text documents (startcount.txt and fincount.txt)into the equation, (Fincount) / (Startcount) * 100, to find the percent ? Any Suggestions ??

I found this on batfiles but am clueless of how it is supposed to work. It had no explanation with it. Get up to nine words of first line of input file into variables. Ansi.sys optional; Esc represents the escape character, created in edit by 'Ctrl+P Esc'. @ECHO off :: setvars.bat :: Author: Laurence Soucy, http://purl.oclc.org/net/Batfiles/ :: Sets variables in sequence var1...var9, for :: up to 9 words on first line of input file. IF "%1"=="ReCuRs+" FOR %%c in (SHIFT SHIFT GOTO:recurs) do %%c IF "%1"=="" FOR %%c in (ECHO GOTO:end) do %%c existing filename required IF not exist %1 FOR %%c in (ECHO GOTO:end) do %%c existing filename required SET str= ECHO @PROMPT SET str=%%%%str%%%%>%temp%.\setvar1.bat FC/N/LB1 %1 nul |FIND "1:" >>%temp%.\setvar1.bat CTTY nul %COMSPEC%/E:2048/C%temp%.\setvar1.bat> %temp%.\setvar2.bat CTTY con ::%opt%ECHO Esc[2A for %%c in (%temp%.\setvar2.bat del) do call %%c %temp%.\setvar?.bat %0 ReCuRs+ %str% :recurs SET str= IF "%1"=="" ECHO. first line of input file is blank SET var1=%1 SET var2=%2 SET var3=%3 SET var4=%4 SET var5=%5 SET var6=%6 SET var7=%7 SET var8=%8 SET var9=%9 :end

Hi Something like this help. ----- @echo off setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion set Count1=0 set Count2=0 for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /a /s /b d:\Extra\Aug04\') do set /a Count1+=1 for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /a /s /b d:\Extra\Aug05\') do set /a Count2+=1 echo %Count1% echo %Count2% set /a Percent=%Count1%/%Count2%*100 echo %Percent%

Seems like you'd want to use /a-d and count only FILES [not directories]. This looks like it works. ::== pc.bat @echo off setLocal EnableDelayedExpansion for /f %%A in ('dir /a-d/s/b ..^|find /v /c "\\"') do set /a src=%%A for /f %%A in ('dir /a-d/s/b ^|find /v /c "\\"') do set /a dest=%%A set /a done=(!dest!*100)/!src! echo !done! percent done ::==================== ===================================== If at first you don't succeed, you're about average. M2

Thanks so much. I cant say I understand how it works but I am grateful for the help, and so quickly !! Fight Crime, Shoot Back !

I am really bad at this ! Ok, I copy and pasted M2s code straight into a .bat and ran it on its own. It came up with two numbers and calculated the percent. I just don't know which two folders it got the numbers from !! How do I tell it which directories I want it to check. I am using this... for /f "tokens=3 delims=\" %%i in ("%USERPROFILE%") DO (set user=%%i) to find the local user name and... c:\"Documents and Settings"\"%user%"\"My Documents"\.... as the directory bit. How do I input the two directories into the code ? Fight Crime, Shoot Back !

Success ! Sort of... With dtech10's code I imputed the directories and it worked perfectly. I modified it and put it on a loop... @echo off for /f "tokens=3 delims=\" %%i in ("%USERPROFILE%") DO (set user=%%i) setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion :loop :start set Count1=0 set Count2=0 for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /a-d-s/s/b "c:\Documents and settings\%user%\my documents\test 2\kps apps"') do set /a Count1+=1 for /f "tokens=*" %%a in ('dir /a-d-s/s/b l:\"kps apps 2"') do set /a Count2+=1 echo %Count1% echo %Count2% ::ping -n 10 127.0.0.1 > nul set /a Percent=%Count2%/%Count1%*100 If %percent%==100 goto fincopy IF not %percent%==0 goto end IF %percent%==0 goto start :end cls echo. echo. echo %Percent% Percent Complete echo. echo. goto loop :fincopy echo. echo. echo Finished Copying echo. echo. ping -n 5 127.0.0.1 > nul exit It gave me two numbers defined by %count1% and %count2%, %count1% stayed the same and %count2% changed as the files copied. But it could never give a percentage because 351 (the start number ==> %count1%) would not divide with the random numbers of %count2% without having a decimal answer, any decimal answer in dos is taken as 0. So unless there is a way to get dos to accept decimals, it will not show a percentage often enough, if at all, to be usable. Even if M2 explains his suggestion, it still has to divide the two numbers and so will have the same problem. Still where there's a will there's a way, anyone know of a way to make cmd.exe accept decimals ?? Fight Crime, Shoot Back !