help with a batch file

RedPlanet

is anybody good at batch files?
I'm trying to run something simple.
Just copy all files of a particular type from 2 network drives onto to my pc.

This is what i have:

@ECHO OFF
cls
REM move tif files from Z:\network\projects to C:\bmp

xcopy "z:\projects\*.bmp" "C:\BMP\*.bmp" /S /Y
xcopy "S:\*.bmp" "C:\BMP\*.bmp" /S /Y


But this doesn't work, it just fires and nothing gets copied.

azzeretti

Two things to note.
1) Can the batch file access these drives by the drive mapping names?
2) Does the user have access to view/copy these files from the network share?

Also, not sure you need to specify the destination file type.
xcopy "z:\projects\*.bmp" "C:\BMP\" /S /Y
xcopy "S:\*.bmp" "C:\BMP\" /S /Y

The above SHOULD do - almost certain!

Karoma

Essential:
Check that the commands work manually first: check that you can actually access z: and s: !

Improvments:
The destination: "C:\BMP\*.bmp" is unnecesasry -> "C:\BMP\" would suffice.
You should be checking that the directories and files exist (both source and destination)

RedPlanet

Yes i can access both those drives.
I have full control, not just read-only access.
There are loads of directories underneath, i presume the batch file will drill down into them.
Also, i've tested this by placing a .bmp on S:\
Also confirmed there are tons of bmp's on those drives.

Unfortunately, the new and improved batch file still doesn't work.
It just fires and fires and copies nothing.

Capt'n Midnight

BTW: that batch file doesn't move it copies.

REM till fixed @ECHO OFF
REM - why ? cls
REM move tif ( *.bmp ?? ) files from Z:\network\projects to C:\bmp

xcopy Z:\projects\*.bmp C:\Bmp\*.* /S /C /D /Y

also lookup ROBOCOPY (a microsoft utility) and RSYNC (linux util with versions ported to windows)