[dba-Tech] Command line: move

I shall.  I came very late to the thread, not realizing it.  Glad about 
RoboCopy - I will check that out.
T

John Bartow wrote:
> Hi Tina,
> Thanks. I put together a nice system using RoboCopy, which is an awesome
> command that I completely missed when it was released! Check it out when you
> have some time.
>
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> John,
>
> I believe I would use the COPY command, or maybe more likely, the XCOPY
> command,  to copy my source files to their destination COPY source
> destination [/v] or XCOPY source destination [/A][/D][/E][/P][/S][/V][/W]
>
> Options:
> /A           Copy only those files with the archive attribute turned on; 
> the state of the archive bit is not changed
> /D:date    Copy only those files whose date is equal to or later than 
> the specified date
> /E            Create all subdirectories, even if empty
> /M           Copy only those files with the archive attribute turned on: 
> the state of the archive bit is turned off
> /P            Prompt before copying each file
> /S            Copy files in subdirectories
> /V            Verify each write operation
> /W           Wait until disk is inserted 
>
> Then, I would use the DEL command to delete them from their original
> location DEL file-name
>
> To make things work smoothly, I'd probably want all the source files in one
> directory, or tree, so I could write something like this:
> XCOPY C:\SOURCE\*.*   C:\DESTINATION\  /E /S /V
> Followed by:
> DEL C:\SOURCE\*.*
>
> At least, that's where I'd start.  I know me, so I'd test it thoroughly
> before I relied on it.  :-)
>
> Best,
> T
>
>
> John Bartow wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>> I recall that some of you use the windows command line quite a bit yet.
>>
>> Can someone tell me what the command line would be to move all folders 
>> and files contained in a specific folder to another drive?
>>
>> It's Something I want to do it a batch files and schedule for 
>> archiving purposes.
>>
>> TIA John B.
>>
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