I have 2 directory structures (FOLDER_A and FOLDER_B) containing files and subdirectories. I have a text file with a list of the files (full path names) from the 2 structures divided up into the following 3 lists: LIST#1: files with same name that exist in both FOLDER_A and FOLDER_B but have different content. LIST#2: folders and files that exist only in FOLDER_A LIST#3: folders and files that exist only in FOLDER_B What I need is a batch file that can do the following: OVERWRITE FOLDER_A files in LIST#1 with FOLDER_B files. DELETE FOLDER_A files form LIST#2 COPY files in LIST#3 from FOLDER_B over to FOLDER_A Can anyone help with this please? Thanks

Have a look at XCOPY, XXCOPY and ROBOCOPY I would think you can do what require, via these commands (with the correct parameters of course) Just a question, but aren't you doing a full synch, from FOLDER_B to FOLDER_A ??? Because, you are updating all different files, and removing the files that would only exist in FOLDER_A ... that sounds like synching to me. Check the CLONE option of XXCOPY, or similar options with ROBOCOPY