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Batch copy files if not exist
Name: PeterHR Date: January 31, 2009 at 06:27:22 Pacific OS: Windows XP CPU/Ram: 2.5GHz/4GB Product: Acer / ASPIRE Subcategory: General
Comment:
Hi,
I would like to recursively copy files to a single directory via batch file if files do not exist. If the files already exist in dir they should skip. I tried following, but copies files even if exist.
for /r %%d in (*filename*.tar) do copy "%%d" C:\mydata\
Name: Ed in Texas. Date: February 1, 2009 at 00:57:44 Pacific
+1
Reply:
PeterHR, SWAG, you need an if/then/else statement first. Have it do the comparison first and do the copy only if the criteria are met. HTH. Ed in Texas.
Response Number 2
Name: PeterHR Date: February 1, 2009 at 03:50:30 Pacific
+1
Reply:
Ed in Texas, thanks for your help. I understand the principle but how should the code look like? The following code doesn't work.
for /r %%d in (*filename*.tar) do if not exist C:\mydata\%%d copy "%%d" C:\mydata\
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