Creating batch file

[navin]

Hello

Hope you can help, I want create a batch file that can copy all jpeg, gif and mp3 files from a network drive I: on various machines and return the information on a text file.
Please post me what commands to use. Thanks

[fireballs]

you cuold lookup

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ftp /?
or use xcopy if all the computers are networked.

FB

[Dias de verano]

why the poll?

[navin]

Thanks, but let me be clear what exactly I want to do is I need to run query on user's home drive which should return me with information on all the jpeg, gif and mp3 files stored on their drives.

how would I go about creating a batch file that can to this task for me. All your help will be much appriciated. Thanks

[fireballs]

that's better...

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where /t /r c:\ *.mp3 *.gif *.jpeg
FB

[Dias de verano]

that's better...

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where /t /r c:\ *.mp3 *.gif *.jpeg
FB

fireballs, the where command is not part of a standard Windows installation.

[fireballs]

it's part of the standard 'vista home premium'... but i appologise if it doesn't work. try

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dir /s c:\ | find .mp3
dir /s c:\ | find .gif
dir /s c:\ | find .jpg
FB

[Dias de verano]

it's part of the standard 'vista home premium'... but i appologise if it doesn't work.

OK. I'm still using XP.

[fireballs]

i didn't know it was only on vista, thanks

FB

[dramklukkel]

Hi FB

I think it needs an asterix. In XP it returns an error when that's not present. Unvalid parameter. Did not manage to output any results to a txtfile, because that produces the same error.

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dir /s c:\ | find *.mp3
dir /s c:\ | find *.gif
dir /s c:\ | find *.jpg

This works for me though.

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dir *.mp3 /s/w/b/o >> list.txt

grt,
Dramklukkel.

[fireballs]

Hi FB

I think it needs an asterix. In XP it returns an error when that's not present. Unvalid parameter. Did not manage to output any results to a txtfile, because that produces the same error.

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dir /s c:\ | find *.mp3
dir /s c:\ | find *.gif
dir /s c:\ | find *.jpg

This works for me though.

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dir *.mp3 /s/w/b/o >> list.txt

grt,
Dramklukkel.

hmmm it seems this is another incompatability between vista and XP. i have to admit that i missed off quotation marks around the ".mp3" but if i use "*.mp3" it doesn't find anything   

also dir *.mp3 /s/w/b/o doesn't work for me.

FB

[navin]

Guys Thanks very much for your help but I have tried all to no avail.

I am on windows 2000 and want the query to be returned on a text file

[Dias de verano]

find needs quotes but you don't need find, because it may not do what you want.

dir | find ".mp3" will find any line in the output of dir which contains the 4 character string .mp3 so it would find this file which is not an mp3 file - horsecowcatdog.mp3.doc

You do need an asterisk for filespec wildcards as used by dir.

dir *.mp3 will find only files with the extension .mp3

[fireballs]

to get the output in a text file use:

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dir *.mp3>list.txt
dir *.jpg>>list.txt
dir *.gif>>list.txt
FB

[Dias de verano]

Thanks, but let me be clear what exactly I want to do is I need to run query on user's home drive which should return me with information on all the jpeg, gif and mp3 files stored on their drives.

how would I go about creating a batch file that can to this task for me. All your help will be much appriciated. Thanks

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