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This link might be of use for you regarding usage of xcopy: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en- us/xcopy.mspx?mfr=true Kind regards as always. Ryan Carson - Director Refresh Creations Ltd --------------------- Web: http://www.refreshcreations.co.uk/ Tel: 0845 09 42 987 Fax: 0870 80 30 989 -----Original Message----- From: list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Terry Hill Sent: 09 November 2007 13:07 To: list Subject: [LUG] OT: Why oh why windows at work? . . . File copying Hi Folks, Here's an annoying one...I have 502 folders: c:/a bit of a path/dir1 containing various files, amongst them 20-30 jpg's c:/a bit of a path/dir2 containing various files, amongst them 20-30 jpg's etc. I need to copy them like so: d:/20071109/backup1 containing 1000 jpg's found amongst the above d:/20071109/backup2 containing 1000 jpg's found amongst the above etc (but with a lot less directories and nothing but jpg's) the best I have achieved: I can manually mess about for ages dragging bunches of files from windows search, but this takes time and it looks like I'll have to do this quite often, so a bat file would be a timesaver. All the files will always be in the same place (source). using xcopy or robocopy: d:/20071109/dir1 <----old directory name from source 20-30 jpg's from the source folder over on c: d:/20071109/dir2 20-30 jpg's from the source folder over on c: etc. Under Linux, probably not such a big deal, what with the ability to | the results of one op to the next etc, I'm sure I'd work something out. Any ideas without having to delve into filesystemobject and *shudders* visual basic? Have I missed something mind-numbingly simple that will have me pulling my eyes out with a corkscrew? -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.26/1119 - Release Date: 08/11/2007 17:55 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.26/1119 - Release Date: 08/11/2007 17:55 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html