[powella]

Ok, so I need to create a batch file (echo commands not required) that will complete the following tasks:-
1) Copy all MS Word docs from My Documents on C: to a backup folder called Word on D:
2) Copy all MS Excel docs from My Documents on C: to a backup folder called Excel on D:
3) Copy all MS Access files from My Documents on C: to a backup folder called Access on D:
4) Display a message that the backup process was successful.

This batch file also has to allow for long file names and the names of the files copied onto D: must have the same name as the original file names.

I don't know a great deal about creating batch files at all so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[StumpedTechy]

Does this batch file have to be single user or multi user? also are you running it on the account that your logged in as or as nother person and do you have admin rights?

Here is what you can do if its just ran as the user itself.

@echo off
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\*.doc" D:\Word /y
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\*.xls" D:\Excel /y
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\*.mdb" D:\Access /y
cls
echo Insert ending message here.
pause

Just change user to your user account your logged on with (if using an NT based system).

This can be one in a variety of ways too you can do it in VB and get a nice windows GUI popup if you wanted.

[powella]

Single user is fine and it will be running on the account that I'm logged into.

I amended the one you did there and it worked a treat. Thanks!

Can you tell me what the 'x' before 'copy' is for?

[StumpedTechy]

There are 2 dos based commands copy and xcopy. Xcopy has alot of functions the standard copy command does not and I tend to use it more than copy alone. You can get other tools like xxcopy but thats not standard and won't be found on many PC's unless its installed manually there.

[Alex Ethridge]

StumpedTechy's batch will work; but, if you have any subfolders inside your My Documents folder, their contents will be ignored. To correct that, add the /S modifier to get contents of subfolders. It would be a good idea to add that modifier whether you presently have subfolders or not. You may add some later and they will then be taken care of automatically.

Also, it wouldn't be a bad idea to use *.* instead of *.doc, *.xls, etc. as this will get all files in the My Documents folder.

Here's the modified batch:

@echo off
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\*.doc" D:\Word /y /s
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\*.xls" D:\Excel /y /s
xcopy "C:\Documents and Settings\User\My Documents\*.mdb" D:\Access /y /s
cls
echo [Insert ending message here]
pause

Personally, I would remove the cls line as it clears the screen. Removing it may allow you to see any error messages that might be present after the copy process is finished.

[StumpedTechy]

Alex I could have written it a ton of ways but I wrote this specifically for what was asked.

see post number 1 -

echo commands not required (hence the CLS), also nothing indicated about sub dirs OR other files.

I too think there are better ways to back things up (and possibly other things I myself would backup) but I did only write the specs requested

The one thing I love about batch scripting... you literally can do things a thousand ways!

[Alex Ethridge]

Posting a variation on your idea should not be taken as an insult. Replies to a question are not limited to one.

[StumpedTechy]

Who indicated insult? I'm not sure where you read that but please don't interpret what I wrote to be indcating insult.

[Alex Ethridge]

Alex I could have written it a ton of ways but I wrote this specifically for what was asked.

see post number 1 -

echo commands not required (hence the CLS), also nothing indicated about sub dirs OR other files.

I too think there are better ways to back things up (and possibly other things I myself would backup) but I did only write the specs requested

The one thing I love about batch scripting... you literally can do things a thousand ways!

[StumpedTechy]

Hrmmm means nothing to me *shrug* not sure what your getting at.