How long are the paths?
There are other ways to handle this, btw...
Try the following snippet. It should handle long folders even if Windows
complains about them
@echo off
SETLOCAL ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION
SET @SOURCE=%SystemDrive%
SET @DEST=D:\SomePlace
SET @FIND=PrivacIE
:Main
for /f "tokens=*" %%v in ('dir /ad /b /s "%@SOURCE%\*.*" 2^>NUL ^| FIND /I
"%@FIND%"') do (
SET @DIR=%%~fpv
ECHO.
ECHO SOURCE: !@DIR!
ECHO DEST: %@DEST%\%%~pv
PUSHD !@DIR!
echo XCOPY *.* "%@DEST%%%~pv" /S /E /R /Y
ECHO.
POPD
)
:ExitBatch
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On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Jeff Bunting <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> * *
>>
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>> 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****
>>>
>>>
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