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Terry Hill wrote: > 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? > GNU Tools for Windows perhaps ;-) WFM -- 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