[kodemonkee]

Hi,

I am using robocopy in a batch file that when I drop a folder onto it, the batch file copies it to a location. It works fine, however, I want to copy it to the destination with the same folder name as the dropped folder. For example, if I drop the MYDOCS folder I want it to create MYDOCS folder under the backup folder. This is what I have so far:

SET SOURCEFOLDER=%~f1
SET DESITINATIONFOLDER=i:\backups\%COMPUTERNAME%.%USERNAME%
robocopy %SOURCEFOLDER% %DESITINATIONFOLDER% /e /copy: DAT /r:0 /w:0 /log:i:\backups\logs\%COMPUTERNAME%_%USERNAME%.txt

TIA

[kodemonkee]

bah nm... I got it sorry...

SET DESITINATIONFOLDER=i:\backups\%COMPUTERNAME%.%USERNAME%\%~sn1

[TheOutcaste]

Welcome to TSG!

You should use %~nx1 (%~snx1 for short name form), or any folder with a period in the name will not be duplicated.
A folder named Jan.Reports.New for example, would be named only Jan.Reports (JANREP~1 in short form), as everything after the last period is considered an extension.

You also need to quote the paths in case the folder name, computer name, or user name contains spaces:

robocopy "%SOURCEFOLDER%" "%DESITINATIONFOLDER%" /e /copy:DAT /r:0 /w:0 /log:"i:\backups\logs\%COMPUTERNAME%_%USERNAME%.txt"

[kodemonkee]

Good points... I have changed both in the script.

Thanks.