How to get rid of The file cannot be copied onto itself.

[goodywp]

Hi ALl,

I have a below code to copy all subfolders files to one newly made subfolder.
folder/

/Sub1

/sub2

/sub3
.......

/subfolder

Code: Select all

for /r "folder" %%d in (*) do copy "%%d" "folder\subfolder"

It works fine except in the middle having these lines
The file cannot be copied onto itself.
0 file(s) copied.
How can I get rid of these lines?

Thanks

[ShadowThief]

Stick a 2>nul at the end of the line to hide the errors

[penpen]

You should copy your files to a temporary folder (preferably on the same volume) and then move them to the final location.

penpen

[goodywp]

Thanks I will take Stick a 2>nul at the end of the line to hide the errors