File Not Found

[JelloOfTheMoon]

Here is my code:

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@TITLE Backer-upper
MODE CON: COLS=200 LINES=30
:loop
SET timestamp=%date:/=-%-%time::=-%
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 1000 > NUL
XCOPY "world\*" "%~dp0\backups\worlds\world_backup_%timestamp%" /i /s
XCOPY "ops\*" "%~dp0\backups\lists\ops_%timestamp%" /s /c
goto loop
@pause

When I run it, the 'world' files copy perfectly, but the text file 'ops' doesn't. It shows the directories and then:

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File not found - *
0 File(s) copied

Please, please, please does anyone know what could be causing this? Is the problem here?
Thank you so, so, so much.

[foxidrive]

is it a text file called ops?

If so then remove the \* after ops and ops is assumed to be in the current working directory.

[JelloOfTheMoon]

Thanks much, but now it says

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File not found - ops

Edit: I added the .txt extension as well as doing what you said, but not its giving me a cyclic error (cannot perform a cyclic copy).
Edit 2: I removed the /s switch and that fixed the cyclic error, but now it asks if the file is a file or directory. Is there a way to automatically set this?
Edit 3: I added the switch /e but that gives me the cyclic error again.
Edit 4: Solved it. Using the COPY command rather than XCOPY will suppress the 'file or directory' prompt.

[foxidrive]

All fixed then. Wunderbar.

[JelloOfTheMoon]

Not quite. Now the problem has evolved. I need to read line five from a text file and I would prefer to do that without using a loop. Is that possible? If not, how do I do a loop?

This is what I was looking at, but it only gets line one.

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set /p var=<test.txt

[Dragokas]

Hello, JelloOfTheMoon.

Try this

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(set /p x=& set /p x=& set /p x=& set /p x=& set /p st=) < test.txt
echo %st%

Best regards, Alex.

[foxidrive]

That's clever, Alex.

[Dragokas]

foxidrive, thanks : )
P.S. The idea of that code construction belong to guy with neakname FraidZZ.

So, I continue if it likes.
Another one - with cycle, but it uses not for iterating lines, just to parse 2-nd token and save output to variable:

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@echo off
SetLocal EnableExtensions

For /F "tokens=1* delims=]" %%A in ('find /N /V "" ^< "st.txt" ^| findstr /B "\[5\]"') do set st=%%B
echo %st%

pause
Exit /B

[brinda]

Alex/FraidZZ,
thanks. this is short and different method. can get any line from top.

[Squashman]

Hello, JelloOfTheMoon.

Try this

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(set /p x=& set /p x=& set /p x=& set /p x=& set /p st=) < test.txt
echo %st%

Best regards, Alex.

Pretty sure we have iterations of that code similar to that on the forums just not with the Conditional Operator. I have seen it done both of these ways.

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(set /p x=
set /p x=
set /p x=
set /p x=
set /p st=)<test.txt
echo %st%

<test.txt (set /p x=
set /p x=
set /p x=
set /p x=
set /p st=)
echo %st%

[JelloOfTheMoon]

I cannot express my gratitude! So very awesome. Thanks much!

Edit: I just realised I need to get a certain string from that line. I'm also open to loops now, I understand them (more or less). It will always be on line five, and always immediately after:

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level-name=

Is this possible?

[Dragokas]

level-name=12345
Do you mean you needs this part?
12345

[JelloOfTheMoon]

yes

[Squashman]

Does the line start with level-name=?

[JelloOfTheMoon]

yes. The line is

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level-name=world

but 'world' can be changed, so I want the code to work on anything that would replace it