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January 6, 2011 at 05:34:36
Specs: Windows 7
Hello i was looking in a way to make a automatic copy script from .txt files and i run in to this website. I never done even one VBS script and dont know if this is possible.

I get "list.txt" files from users on the network that need to copy their files and folders, they are always different files/folders but a example "list.txt" looks like this:

e:\user\diz\documents\new folder\
e:\user\diz\video\new client\

i need to copy this folders/files to a external memory stick (so not alway copying to the same location) (so maybe a popup window asking: to what location?) and keeping the folder structure from the disk to the USB.

As the disks are on a network and sometimes really large folders i like to run each copy separably with a little bling or message when its done. So i know what one is finished.

Is this possible with VBS scripting?


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January 6, 2011 at 13:48:39
Q&D:
Set fList = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject").OpenTextFile("list.txt")
Set dest = CreateObject("Shell.Application") _
  .BrowseForFolder(0, "Destination Selection", &H51)
Do Until fList.AtEndOfStream
  dest.CopyHere Trim(fList.ReadLine), 16
Loop

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January 6, 2011 at 19:10:17
Razor sharp dude! It works like a charm!

I tried all night yesterday.

Is it possible to keep the subfolders also on the destination disk?

example from: "list.txt"

e:\user\diz\documents\new folder\

Destination Selection "h:"
now the output is:
h:\new folder\

Is it possible to make it:
h:\user\diz\documents\new folder\

So keep folder structure "\user\diz\documents\" ? so its easy to copy back when they are done?


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January 7, 2011 at 05:21:04
I could, but I don't see how the copy back would be easier with h:\user\diz\documents\new folder\ instead of h:\new folder\user\diz\documents\.

In the latter case, you just copy everything in the h:\new folder to, presumably, c:\.

In the former case, you have to look at every folder on the h:\ for your new folder, then copy that to the relevant directory.

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January 7, 2011 at 22:42:26
Tanx Razor for taking your time reading my post.

If the user wants two folder but from different directory's, but the folder names are the same.

e:\user\diz\documents\new folder\
e:\user\diz\video\client2\new folder\

output would be:
h:\new folder\
h:\new folder\

That means all files from 2 folder would come in one folder.

Could u write a little explanation to your code so i can try extending it my self?
I also want to add copy only *.doc!


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January 12, 2011 at 16:51:51
Sorry it took a while; I didn't have much time beyond a Q&D script. This should be closer to what you want:
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set shell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set fList = fso.OpenTextFile("list.txt")
rootDest = shell.BrowseForFolder(0, "Destination Selection", &H51).Self.Path
Do Until fList.AtEndOfStream
  line = Trim(fList.ReadLine)
  If Len(line) Then 'Ignore empty lines
    dest = fso.GetParentFolderName( _
      rootDest & Mid(line, Len(fso.GetDriveName(line)) + 1))
    If Not fso.FolderExists(dest) Then _
      MakeFolder dest
    Set target = shell.Namespace(dest)
    target.CopyHere line, 16
  End If
Loop

Sub MakeFolder(sPath)
  If sPath = "" Then _
    Exit Sub
  parent = fso.GetParentFolderName(sPath)
  If Not fso.FolderExists(parent) Then _
    MakeFolder parent
  fso.CreateFolder sPath
End Sub

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