recursive move command on windows

Question

I need to do a .bat copy of a .sh, I don\'t know much Windows cmd. On Linux I could do

mv ...

or

rsync -a SOURCE/ DEST/ --remov         


        

Answer 1

The move command can move directories as well as files.

cd /d C:\sourceFolder
rem move the files
for %%i in (*) do move "%%i" C:\destinationFolder
rem move the directories
for /d %%i in (*) do move "%%i" C:\destinationFolder

Answer 2

I know this is an old thread, but since it does not have a correct answer I figured I'd tie it off.

The old DOS command to accomplish this is:

   move <source directory> <destination directory>

So in the OP question:

   move C:\sourceFolder c:\destinationFolder

The folder and everything in the folder (including sub-directories) will be moved.

Answer 3

XCOPY should do the trick, I use it it in batch files all the time

something like, if you're just trying to target .sh files

XCOPY /E /H /Y /C "%SOURCEDIR%\*.sh" "%TARGETDIR%"  

Let me know if you have more questions

Answer 4

@echo off
setlocal
set DIR=
set OUTPUTDIR=C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Desktop\sandbox1\output
for /R %DIR% %%a in (*.jpg) do xcopy "%%a" "%OUTPUTDIR%"

Answer 5

Robocopy did wonders for me:

 robocopy c:\cache c:\cache-2012 ?????-2012*.hash /S /MOV

I used it to move all files with certain mask out of c:\cache and its numerous subdirectories.

Answer 6

For recursive move in windows, a simple move command is ok. Here is the example, I think it would be helpful.

move D:\Dbbackup\*.dmp* D:\Dbbackup\year\month\

Where .dmp is the extension of the file that would be moved to the location recursive folder Dbbackup , then year, then month.