Batch file help

[acidblue]

BTW what would be the right syntax for copying different file types.
Right now I have this:

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xcopy /s "%userprofile%\my documents\*.jpg\*.txt\*.gif\*.bmp" "c:\temp2" /Y
pause
But it kicks "File not found error.

[southpaw63119]

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xcopy "c:\Documents And Settings\%userprofile%\my documents\*.jpg" c:\temp2\*.*  /S /Y
xcopy "c:\Documents And Settings\%userprofile%\my documents\*.txt" c:\temp2\*.*  /S /Y
xcopy "c:\Documents And Settings\%userprofile%\my documents\*.gif" c:\temp2\*.*  /S /Y
xcopy "c:\Documents And Settings\%userprofile%\my documents\*.bmp" c:\temp2\*.*  /S /Y

That should probably work.
There is an exclude switch, but it's probably more efficient in this case to split it into multiple lines...
(I would leave "@echo off" out and "PAUSE" in the code until you have it working properly).

[Salmon Trout]

Have to run - dishes to wash, shower to take, TV show to watch, whiskey (Irish hence spelling) to pour into shot glass - xcopy only allows 1 filespec at a time - suggested solutions

1. have 1 xcopy command for each filetype

xcopy sourcefolder\*.jpg destinationfolder /switches
xcopy sourcefolder\*.doc destinationfolder /switches
etc

[EDIT - I see this has been covered]

2. use the FOR command to parse a list of filetypes and substitute each one in turn into the command

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for %%T in (jpg png) do xcopy "s:\test\pixcopy\*.%%T" "s:\test\pixcopy2" /Y
Note longer form of FOR with brackets

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for %%T in (jpg png) do (
    xcopy "s:\test\pixcopy\*.%%T" "s:\test\pixcopy2" /Y
    )