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Name: LYNNCONNER
Date: December 24, 2008 at 07:58:55 Pacific
OS: XP PROF 5.1.2600
CPU/Ram: PENTIUM 4 3.0GHz
Manufacturer/Model: Dell / OPTIPLEX GX520
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Message: I have a folder full of sub-folders that contain 2008 files. I want to creatE a new folder FOR 2009 with the same sub-folder names, but without the files that are contained in the 2008 folders. Is there a way to do this?


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Name: OtheHill
Date: December 24, 2008 at 08:02:00 Pacific
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Look at the second utility offered at the link below.

http://folder-tree.qarchive.org/


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Name: jefro
Date: December 24, 2008 at 10:47:57 Pacific
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I think you can get robocopy to do that.

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Response Number 3
Name: tvc
Date: December 24, 2008 at 11:25:05 Pacific
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XCOPY can do that as well:

/T Creates directory structure, but does not copy files. Does not
include empty directories or subdirectories. /T /E includes ...

xcopy /?


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