How would I do this:

I have a server with a drive letter mapped to F:
I need to copy some of the folders from F: to an existing folder on drive
T:, which is on another server.
Say the folder names on F: are Folder1 and Folder2. (there's actually about
10 folders)
I want to copy Folder1 and Folder2 to drive T:
How can I copy Folder1 and all it's sub-contents to T: without first
creating a folder in the existing folder on T:
I want to avoid, if possible, doing a: MD t:\Folder1 and copying the
contents of F:\Folder1
In other words, I want the copy, or in this case, xcopy, command to create
the folder name for me.

Is there a way to do that?

TIA

"JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Have a look at "xcopy.exe /?". It tells you which switches to use
to create a target folder on the fly.

I see the /T switch, which "Creates the Directory Structure". But it says
it does not copy files.

What would I have to do, use the xcopy command with the /T switch, then
follow that with another xcopy command that actually does the copying?



"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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A few quick tests with xcopy.exe would show you that
you can do almost anything with this command. Did you
try the /I switch?

"JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I hadn't tried the /I switch..... but I just did.

Here's the command I'm using in a batch file.

MD t:\%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2%
xcopy f:\testing\*.* t:\%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2% /S /E /I

I create the folder first, named from the current date.
Then I need to copy a folder (Testing) from F: to that newly created folder.
All I get on T: is the sub-contents of F:\testing
It doesn't create the folder TESTING on the fly


"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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"JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I would have been very surprised if your command had
created the folder "testing", since you're copying the
***contents*** of the "testing" folder, not the folder
itself. It's like saying "give me the contents of your
wallet" or "give me your wallet". Not the same at all!

Also: why the belts and braces approach? The /I switch
will create the destination folder, so why create it
manually too?

Have a look at the other switches below. They are essential
when operating the command in a batch file.

set MyDate=%date:~4,2%%date:~7,2%%date:~-2%
xcopy /s /e /i /y /d f:\testing "t:\%MyDate%\Testing"

Worked like a charm!!
Thank you.


It's a cludge of a backup but, it's what they wanted.



"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message
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Thanks for the feedback.

"JohnB" <jbrigan@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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