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batch-filedirectoryxcopy

Xcopy folder selection

I would like to make an automated task by using a .bat file in order to copy some files from the server to users' computers. The destination of the files can be on different partitions but the location (folder-wise) is the same.

For example I have 1 file I want to copy from the server to C:\Program Files\Program or D:\Program Files\Program (note that the path, apart from the partition is the same)

Solution

  • Something like this should work if you're running it from the server with admin rights. 

    @echo off
setlocal

for %%a in (computer1 computer2 computer3) do (
  for %%b in (c d) do (
    if exist "\\%%a\%%b$\Program Files\Program\." (
      xcopy /F /I "yourfile.ext" "\\%%a\%%b$\Program Files\Program"
    )
  )
)

    If you're running it from a workstation, you could do something like this:

    @echo off
setlocal
for %%a in (c d) do (
  if exist "%%a:\Program Files\Program\." (
      xcopy /F /I "\\Server\Share\yourfile.ext" "%%a:\Program Files\Program"
  )
)