need script

ando

lads, not to sure on this one. I need a simple script:

i need to delete a file in a folder on a server, and replace it with another file from another folder on another server. Sounds simple but i just cant get it to work

this is what i have at the mo:

cd z:
del sdat*.*
cd y:
copy sdat*.* z:


Full UNC path wont work so I have had to map the shares using Z:\ and Y:\

Hobbes

When you use CD with a drive mapping it doesn't actually change to that drive. Instead it changes to the directory on that drive without switching.


Change ...

cd z:

to

z:

stevenmu

Probably not applicable in your case, but it'll also go the last active subdirectory on that drive, so the command

z:

could leave you in z:\subdir1\subdir2\ or whereever. Follow any drive changes with a

cd\

just to be sure you're working at the root level.

ando

Hobbes wrote:

Change ...

cd z:

to

z:

yea that worked, thanks

Hobbes

You can also use PUSHD instead of CD.

This works the same way as CD except it will move to the other drive as well and remembers your history. So after that if you type POPD then it will go back to the directory it came from.