Batch file to copy files from one folder to another folder

Question

I have a storage folder on a network in which all users will store their active data on a server. Now that server is going to be replaced by a new one due to place problem s

Answer 1

To bypass the 'specify a file name or directory name on the target (F = file, D = directory)?' prompt with xcopy, you can do the following...

echo f | xcopy /f /y srcfile destfile

or for those of us just copying large substructures/folders:

use /i which specifies destination must be a directory if copying more than one file

Answer 2

Just to be clear, when you use xcopy /s c:\source d:\target, put "" around the c:\source and d:\target,otherwise you get error.

ie if there are spaces in the path ie if you have:

"C:\Some Folder\*.txt"

but not required if you have:

C:\SomeFolder\*.txt

Answer 3

@echo off

rem The * at the end of the destination file is to avoid File/Directory Internal Question.

rem You can do this for each especific file. (Make sure you already have permissions to the path)
xcopy /Y "\\Oldeserver\storage\data\MyFile01.txt" "\\New server\storage\data\MyFile01.txt"*
pause

rem You can use "copy" instead of "xcopy "for this example.

Answer 4

My favorite one to backup data is:

ROBOCOPY "C:\folder" "C:\new_folder" /mir

/mir is for mirror. You can also use /mov to move files. It reproduce the exact same folder. It can delete/overwrite files as needed. Works great for me. It's way faster than xcopy / copy. It's built in Windows as well.

Source: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc733145.aspx

Answer 5

You can use esentutl to copy (mainly big) files with a progress bar:

esentutl /y "my.file" /d "another.file" /o

the progress bar looks like this:

Answer 6

Look at rsync based Windows tool NASBackup. It will be a bonus if you are acquainted with rsync commands.