How do I copy file and folder structure using xcopy from a text file?

Question

I have a text file containing a list of files and folders. What I want to do is use xcopy to replicate what is written in the text file. My text file looks like this:

Answer 1

Yes, you are close. Just need to use the existing path as the appended destination path.

Update

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%A in (textfile.txt) do if exist "%%~fA\*" (
    md "C:\Output\%%~pA"
    copy /y "%%~fA" "C:\Output\%%~pnxA"
)

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Original

If %%A = "C:\Folder\Folder2\File3.txt", then %%~pA = Folder\Folder2

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%A in (textfile.txt) do (
    md "C:\Output\%%~pA"
    if not exist "%%~fA\*" echo f | xcopy "%%~fA" "C:\Output\%%~pnxA" /y
)

The if not exist "%%~fA\*" makes sure to only copy the entry if it is not a directory. See Reference for more Techniques and Comments

Type in for /? at the command line to view a list of the variable modifiers. %%~A will remove the surrounding quotations (if any) from the variable.

Post about xcopy prompting issue. and fix #2.

Alternate Setup, since you most likely will not need the xcopy abilities.

@echo off
for /f "delims=" %%A in (textfile.txt) do (
    md "C:\Output\%%~pA"
    if not exist "%%~fA\*" copy /y "%%~fA" "C:\Output\%%~pnxA"
)