Batch file move folder from current directory command

[dream08]

I want to move  (example) the folder (1222) from location: (C:\Users\USER\Desktop\aoto)  to the destination (C:\Program Files) running the

bat file from (C:\Users\USER\Desktop\aoto) but without entering: (C:\Users\USER\Desktop\aoto\1222) i dont want to enter the full folder to move path

but just enter the folder name and enter full destination path (C:\Program Files) because i want the folder (aoto) that contains (1222) to be located

anywhere with the bat file command still able to work no matter where the source is how do i do this.


i just want a command like this    move "c:\my src" "c:\src files\new src"   but without having to put "c:\my src" and just something like "my src" to

move from this directory.

[donpage]

C:\>path /?
Displays or sets a search path for executable files.

PATH [[drive:]path[;...][;%PATH%]
PATH ;

Type PATH ; to clear all search-path settings and direct cmd.exe to search
only in the current directory.
Type PATH without parameters to display the current path.
Including %PATH% in the new path setting causes the old path to be
appended to the new setting.

C:\>xcopy /?

[dream08]

I'm still confused i just want a command like this           move "c:\my src" "c:\src files\new src"       

but without having to put "c:\my src" and just something like "my src" to move from this directory.

[donpage]

I'm still confused i just want a command like this           move "c:\my src" "c:\src files\new src"       

but without having to put "c:\my src" and just something like "my src" to move from this directory.

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@echo off
cd c:\test
cd src

copy "*.*"   "c:\srcfiles\new src\"

[dream08]

I'm still stuck ! 

I just tried this

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@echo off
cd c:\test
cd src

copy "*.*" "C:\Program Files"
and it started copying loads of random files to program files .
i also tried

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@echo off
cd c:\test
cd src

copy "1222" "C:\Program Files"
and it didnt work i hope you can see what i'm trying to do here.

[donpage]

I hope you can see what I'm trying to do here.

I do not understand.

I will back off and allow someone else to answer your question.

Good Luck

[dream08]

I do not understand.

I will back off and allow someone else to answer your question.

Good Luck

Thanks for your attemt to help me please reply if you have any more ideas, to try and explain more i just need to use the move command

without it being specific to type the full path to the folder to be moved instead just moving the folder which resides in the same folder as the bat file 

*so without typing      move "C:\Users\USER\Desktop\aoto\1222" "C:\Program Files"   which moves folder 1222 to C:\Program Files i want the bat file

to be universal so no matter where \aoto\ is located it will move 1222 to C:\Program Files. For example if \aoto\ wasn't on the desktop

move "C:\Users\USER\Desktop\aoto\1222" "C:\Program Files" wouldn't work.

[dream08]

Help

[Salmon Trout]

The folder that a batch is located in is referenced by "%~dp0" so you could do this

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if not exist "C:\Program Files\1222" md "C:\Program Files\1222"
move "%~dp0\1222\*.*" "C:\Program Files\1222"

[dream08]

The folder that a batch is located in is referenced by "%~dp0" so you could do this

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if not exist "C:\Program Files\1222" md "C:\Program Files\1222"
move "%~dp0\1222\*.*" "C:\Program Files\1222"

Thanks 

[jyra]

I just did a similar task using cd /d %~dp0 and it worked great. However, I converted the .bat into an .exe and when I execute the .exe the %~dp0 leads to the temp folder instead. Is there a way to edit the cd /d %~dp0 to the current directory of the .exe that is launching?

[Sidewinder]

Welcome to Computer Hope. Please do not hijack another poster's thread. Start you own for better service.

What program are you using for the bat to exe conversion? Many Most of them cannot handle many of the NT extensions to batch language.

Why are you converting batch files? Batch code is designed to be run from the command line as a text file. Introducing conversions to exe or double clicking from Explorer only add layers of complexity that can be difficult to debug.

 

[Salmon Trout]

the %~dp0 leads to the temp folder instead. Is there a way to edit the cd /d %~dp0 to the current directory of the .exe that is launching?

All these bat-to-exe "compilers" do is enclose the batch script in an .exe wrapper. When you run the exe it extracts the original batch script to (as it appears in your case) the temp folder and runs it from there. Therefore %~dp0 will always be the temp folder. So why does it have to be an exe?