windows - Batch file to copy files from desktop location to another location?

18
2014-05
  • Anshuman Chandel

    I want to Copy/Move files in Windows XP from Desktop(a Folder) to My Document(another Folder), which was created by same Batch File on Current Date in Format DD/MM/YYYY.

    This is working fine when .BAT File is in Desktop Folder.

    @echo off
set date="%date:~7,2%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~10,4%"
mkdir %date%
copy *.txt \%date%
pause

    Now what this .BAT is doing is, creating Folder 18-01-2013 on Desktop and coping all .TXT files in this Folder.

    But this is not working,

    @echo off
set date="%date:~7,2%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~10,4%"
mkdir %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\%date%
copy %USERPROFILE%\desktop\*.txt %USERPROFILE%\My Documents\%date%
pause

    This .BAT File is creating these folders;

    1. In C Drive>Documents
    2. On Desktop (and, Chandel>My, Documents>18-01-2013, Settings>Anshuman)

    Any help in this regard is highly appreciated!

    Thanks in advance!

    Anshuman Chandel

    • Answers
  • charleswj81

    You need to place double-quotes (") around your paths that contain, or may contain, spaces or other special characters. To be safe, I always quote all paths in scripts, just in case. Also, you want to remove the quotes from around the variable values that will later be components in other paths. So, remove the quotes from the set date line and add them to the next two lines.

    So your script should be:

    @echo off
set date=%date:~7,2%-%date:~4,2%-%date:~10,4%
mkdir "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\%date%"
copy "%USERPROFILE%\desktop\*.txt" "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\%date%"
pause

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    If you want the timestamp in the file too, you'd need to put:

    time /T >> filename.txt

    In the first example you quoted:

    @ECHO OFF
:LOOPSTART
time /T >> filename.txt
ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -n 4 >> filename.txt
ping yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy -n 4 >> filename.txt
sleep -m 3000
GOTO LOOPSTART

    You can play around with the following code to give you a more configurable timestamp:

    set time_hh=%time:~0,2%
if %time_hh% lss 10 (set time_hh=0%time:~1,1%)
set time_mn=%time:~3,2%
set time_ss=%time:~6,2%
set time_ms=%time:~9,2%

echo %time_hh%:%time_mn%:%time_ss%.%time_ms% >> filename.txt

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  • imtheman

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:LOOPSTART
echo %time% >> filename.txt
ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -n 4 >> filename.txt
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sleep -m 3000
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