Move multiple subdirectories all with same name

[RickB]

Hello,

I have a large number of folders, each of which has a subfolder for archived content. The subfolders in each folder all have the same name, e.g. "Archives." In order to conserve hard drive space, I want to move all of the Archives subfolders to a different drive, keeping the full directory tree structure intact in the process (in order to identify each Archives subfolder, and avoid duplicate folder name issues).

Can anyone suggest a batch file solution to accomplish this?

Thank you,

RickB

[aGerman]

Not sure I understood your request correctly. So, I guess you want to create the parent folder of your "Archives" too, but only copy the "Archives".

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@echo off &setlocal
set "src=C:\somewhere"
set "dst=D:\somewhere else"
set "find=Archive"

for /f "delims=" %%i in ('dir /ad /b /s "%src%\%find%"') do (
  for %%j in ("%%~i\..") do (
    robocopy "%%~i" "%dst%\%%~nxj\%%~nxi" /e /r:0 /w:0
  )
)
pause

Steffen

[Jedininja]

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xcopy /e /i /q /-y path/targetfile.xxx %destination/path%

[aGerman]

Beside of the fact that xcopy is rather deprecated, how does it solve the problem of having always the same folder name "Archive!?

Steffen

[Jedininja]

Beside of the fact that xcopy is rather deprecated, how does it solve the problem of having always the same folder name "Archive!?

Steffen

md drive/path/foldername & xcopy /e /i /q /-y path/targetfile.xxx drive/path/foldername

[aGerman]

What is "foldername" for in your snippet? Again, read the initial post. The folders to be copied have the same name.

Steffen