Thanks all. Scott's suggestion is close and at least got me pointed in the right direction. Some of the paths are too long for DIR which throws a wrench in the works, so I'm going to have to rely on windows search for now.
Powershell, unfortunately, currently isn't an option. Jeff On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:23 PM, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > Good one, Scott. > > Jeff, remember to add a % to each variable if used in a batch file, vs the > command line. > > > > * * > > *ASB* *http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker* *Harnessing the Advantages of > Technology for the SMB market… > > * > > > > On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Crawford, Scott > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> For /f “tokens=*” %i in (‘dir *WORDS_TO_SEARCH* /s/a/b/ad’) do robocopy >> /mir “%i” DESTINATION_PATH**** >> >> ** ** >> >> This will search a folder tree for directorys. Change the dir command to >> eliminate the /s if you only want to search the root.**** >> >> ** ** >> >> *From:* Jeff Bunting [mailto:[email protected]] >> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:01 AM >> >> *To:* NT System Admin Issues >> *Subject:* file searching and copying**** >> >> ** ** >> >> I'm attempting to search for particular words in a directory name (must >> use wildcards!), and, if found, copy the the directory tree while >> maintaining its structure to another directory.**** >> >> **** >> >> Are there any native tools (or reskit like robocopy) that can accomplish >> this somewhat easily? **** >> >> **** >> >> thanks,**** >> >> Jeff**** >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
