copy all files and folders from current folder

[mioo_sara]

hi my friend
 i have a simple question for you profesionals

 i found lots of batch files that can copy files or folders but i need a special one
first of all i have more than 3000 folders including subfolder in my multi hard drives so i dont want to type each folder name or its drive name so i added my batch file to right click of my mouse
i want every time that i execute my batch in any of my folders it scan files and folders names including subfolders and make a report.text file
then copy these files and folders from current folder to a new destination d:\bacup
how can i do it
i would be very glad if you write a batch script for me
by the way i found lots of batch file but none of them was the write one
thanks

[Geek-9pm]

First, an opinion
Begin IMHO
  DOS is dead. 
  For some things it still is quick and easy,
  - but so is Duct Tape.
End of IMHO
Some basic DOS things your mother did not tell you about.
This command shows ONLY directories below the current:

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DIR /AD Same thing, but no details

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DIR /AD /B Same thing, but get the lower levels too.

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DIR /AD /B /S
Remember, it starts in the current directory. start from a higher nor lower level and get different results.

This example gets all l files of all types, full path name. But never name of just the directory itself.

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DIR /A-D /B /S
Now add re-direction to put it into a file.

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DIR /A-D /B /S > MyList.txt
You can edit MyList.txt with notepad, or your favorite text editor.
You can quickly make it into a master batch file. You can block exceptions by putting REM at the start of a line you want to skip.

Does this give you some ideas?

[mioo_sara]

thanks for your answer dear

i have a batch script
its working but not the way i want !!
i dont know why  it copy  but the structures of destination folders and files  are not the same as source !
i mean it copy lots of files out of their  folders  and some subfolders never copid !!
those were not read only  or system  type !
have a look  at script  and see if can help?

@echo off
dir/s/b/ad | find/v "()"> filelist.txt
FOR /F "skip=1 eol= tokens=* delims= usebackq" %%i IN (filelist.txt) DO xcopy/e/y/c "%%i" d:\backup

[Sidewinder]

Not sure why you need a file listing to key off of. I used a drag and drop template to create this. If it's attached to the context menu, it just might work:

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@echo off
setlocal

xcopy /e /c /y %1 d:\Backup

Good luck.

Begin IMHO
  DOS is dead.
  For some things it still is quick and easy,
  - but so is Duct Tape.
End of IMHO

DOS is dead? When did this happen? How tragic. Was it a beautiful service?  I wonder how my 27yo IBM-AT running PC-DOS 7 will take this news; at his age most of his friends are gone.

[Geek-9pm]

Really, it is not my opinion at all. 

Look at this article, from late last year. His dry sarcastic wit makes then point.

DOS Will Never Die!
By Dan Mabbutt, About.com Guide   August 29, 2011
A continutation of a popular (?) series.
The last time I wrote a blog like this, I got some serious kickback.
"It's already dead, Doofus! DOS hasn't been needed for Windows since Windows 3.1!"
"Do you see DOS anywhere in Windows? Repeat after me: C-O-M-M-A-N-D P-R-O-M-P-T."
Yeah, yeah, yeah. If it DIR's like DOS and ECHO's like DOS, then it is DOS. Writing "Command Prompt" all the time gives me carpal tunnel.
...

......

I rest my case.

[mioo_sara]

dear Sidewinder
thanks but your cod is not working

0 File(s) copied
Press any key to continue . .

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by the way i dont want to copy just files i want to copy all the files and folders including subfolders from current folder to d:\Backup

Not sure why you need a file listing to key off of. I used a drag and drop template to create this. If it's attached to the context menu

its port of a bigger program my friend its not just a copy

[Salmon Trout]

I rest my case.

That guy is a fool.

[mioo_sara]

guys please just answer my  question   you  have all the time to fight !

[Geek-9pm]

Making backups is best done with a backup program.

To make it easy to understand, I shall use some metaphors. If you skip a step, it gets very bad. so detail is important.

A backup program is like hiring a moving company to stuff your stuff into a van.
You stuff in smashed into a big box and sent somewhere and you have to unpack it. Ugh!

Use the right DOS command is more like the transporter in Star Trek. You get an exact duplicate in another place

When you wish to replicate an entire content of one folder tree to another folder, there is a method using XCOPY. The destination folder should be empty if you put nit in a batch file.

You must understand how XCOPY works. Try XCOPY /? for help.

You need to understand the idea of 'current folder' in DOS.

Let's say the D: drive has a folder named 'Boston' and is the place I want to start.
And the E: has a folder named 'Chicago' and is where I wnat to replicate all the streets and cars found in 'Boston' using a single command.
First I got to 'Boston' and look around.

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D:
CD BOSTON
DIRLooks good.
Now I look at 'Chicago and make sure it is empty. If not, failure is probable.

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E:
CD CHICAGO
DIROK. Coast is clear.
Now return to the source drive. Don't change anything.

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D:At this point the default directory on E: is  'Chicago' and I and now on 'Boston' on D:
Now I give this command at the DOS prompt.

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XCOPY D: E: /E /H
This post is not intended to be annoying. Using DOS commands is not very intuitive. This is the best I know how to do at explaining.  Use of metaphors makes things easier that using the technical names of things.

If XCOPY does not work for you, please come back.

Microsoft DOS xcopy command

[mioo_sara]

 :)dear Geek-9pm
thanks for your help  and your teaching
but wish you  had a look at my   post number 3
you  can  see that i used xcopy command and its working now !! but cuz source folder is changing every day so program should find the source folder (that is my  current folder)  and copy any folder and files from there to destination folder (d:\backup)
something else this script will  be used in  another program later

[Sidewinder]

i found lots of batch files that can copy files or folders but i need a special one
first of all i have more than 3000 folders including subfolder in my multi hard drives so i dont want to type each folder name or its drive name so i added my batch file to right click of my mouse

Please explain more about where you click the right mouse button. If you're in Explorer then I doubt you can select a folder and retrieve the path for your batch file (not easily anyways). VBScript has a BrowseForFolder method which could pass back a selected folder path on the console. The batch file could retrieve the value and use it in the XCOPY command. You might also use the %cd% variable but you might be surprised at the value when running from the context menu.

Note that the VBScript solution would be interactive which you may not want in a batch file.

 

[mioo_sara]

dear Sidewinder
no mater where i  right click (on a file of folder when i right click )i can see my batch
so you guess batch is in current folder and i want to run it so it should copy whatever (folders and files) to destination folder (d:\backup)
i hope i could explain what i'm  looking for
have a look  at post #3
if you change xcopy to move it will work like a charm but unfortunately i want to copy and not move

[Sidewinder]

no mater where i  right click (on a file of folder when i right click )i can see my batch
so you guess batch is in current folder

Maybe I'm just dense but where do you see a file or folder to right click on? You  mentioned you added your batch file to a right mouse click. How? I'm not understanding how clicking a folder would change the current directory. My guess is that you see you batch file as an entry on the context menu not as a member of a folder.

The only way I see this working with a minimum of craziness, would be to navigate to the directory you want to copy and then run your batch file (use a fully qualified path) from the command prompt.

Also you may want to pipe a "D" to the xcopy command to prevent a console prompt:

echo D | xcopy ...

 

[mioo_sara]

My guess is that you see you batch file as an entry on the context menu

this is correct my friend 

i can't see batch name when i right click on folders but just on files
but you imagine i copid my batch in current folder and run it ok?    i need to copy all the contents to destination
i mean both folders and files that are located in the current folder
i hope i could explain this tragic situation !!!

[Sidewinder]

You keep repeating yourself, but I still can't visualize what you are trying to do. Please answer my questions.

What program is displaying this list of files and folders?

If you select a folder, and right click the mouse, what do you expect to happen?

How did you attach the batch file to the context menu. As far as I know, this has to be done thru the registry. Is this what you did?

Like I mentioned, a combination of VBScript and batch code can do this, but at this point I'm not sure what you really want.

Gotta go. The radio is playing Zeppelin's Dazed and Confused.