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Posted: **05 Apr 2010 09:44**

HI dostips Batch Scripter Experts!!

urgently need a script that can read files from the reference text document &
copy the files from a folder through subfolders to the desire folder according to their filetype and will display message when done copying!!

for example, in my c: drive
c:\source\temp\fizzy moon.bmp
c:\source\temp\documents\jan_reports.doc
c:\source\temp\album\malesinger\usher 01.mp3

ref.txt
-----------------content-------------
fizzy moon
jan_reports
usher 01

---------------content end-----------

d:\destination\pictures\fizzy moon.bmp
d:\destination\work\jan_reports.doc
d:\destination\favourite\album\usher 01.mp3

Can bat scripts determine the filetype while getting all the filenames
from the ref.txt(in desktop) & copy them to their desire folders??
if possible, show a message displaying the copy process is done!!

thanks in advance, below is the script i done but it is not working...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@echo off
cd /d "%USERPROFILE%\DESKTOP\"

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ('findstr /I /X /g:ref.txt') do xcopy %%~a *.bmp "d:\destination\pictures\"

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%b in ('findstr /I /X /g:ref.txt') do xcopy %%~b *.doc "d:\destination\work\"

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%c in ('findstr /I /X /g:ref.txt') do xcopy %%~c *.mp3 "d:\destination\favourite\album\"

dir /s /b "d:\destination\"*.*>list.txt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

really need some guides here, why isn't it working?!?

Posted: **05 Apr 2010 17:02**

Because the wrong syntax. Use the /? for help on command.

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@echo off
setlocal enableextensions

set "source=c:\source\temp"
set "destination=d:\destination"
cd /d %USERPROFILE%\Desktop

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("ref.txt") do (
if exist "%source%\%%~a.bmp" xcopy "%source%\%%~a.bmp" "%destination%\pictures"
if exist "%source%\%%~a.doc" xcopy "%source%\%%~a.doc" "%destination%\work"
if exist "%source%\%%~a.mp3" xcopy "%source%\%%~a.mp3" "%destination%\favourite\album"
)

dir /s /b "d:\destination">list.txt
start list.txt

Posted: **06 Apr 2010 02:49**

hi !k thanks for your help but
the scripts is not working!!!

the scripts looks like coudn't search through the subfolders for the files &
list out nothing copied..

this scripts works on you right?
i wonder why it isn't working in my pc?!?! :?:

any further suggestion? Thanks

Posted: **06 Apr 2010 03:02**

Oh, sorry, you have the files in subdirectories

c:\source\temp\documents\jan_reports.doc
c:\source\temp\album\malesinger\usher 01.mp3

This is my inattention. Need to modify batch.

Posted: **06 Apr 2010 03:32**

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@echo off
setlocal enableextensions

set "source=c:\source\temp"
set "destination=d:\destination"
cd /d %USERPROFILE%\Desktop

for /f "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("ref.txt") do (
pushd "%source%"
for /f "usebackq delims=" %%b in (`dir /s /b /a-d "%%~a.*"`) do (
if "%%~xb"==".bmp" echo d|xcopy "%%~b" "%destination%\pictures"
if "%%~xb"==".doc" echo d|xcopy "%%~b" "%destination%\work"
if "%%~xb"==".mp3" echo d|xcopy "%%~b" "%destination%\favourite\album"
)
)

popd
dir /s /b /a-d "%destination%">list.txt
start list.txt

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