This is what I have:
for /R %i in (*.swf) do copy %i C:/testfolder/
I get the error "The system cannot find the file specified.
It's finding the .swf's just fine, but it's not copying them.
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3While a nice suggestion this is overkill for something such simple. That's like all the folks who suggest installing cygwin for every minor problem in cmd.
Joey
2010-02-22 17:14:21
A:
You could use xcopy with the excludes argument (if you know what other types of files are present):
xcopy C:\sourcedir C:\destdir /EXCLUDE:excludes.txt /e
Where excludes.txt has a pattern of files not to copy on each line:
.svn
.obj
.js
Boiler Bill
2010-02-22 16:53:30
This will copy the directory structure too, though. From what the OP attempted this isn't what s?he wants.
Joey
2010-02-22 17:13:16
Yes this would not work as I do not need the directory structure or want to have to exclude other file types.Simply search for all SWF files within a Folder/SubFolders and copy those to a separate folder.
brewern
2010-02-22 17:26:09
+1
A:
You probably want to put the argument to copy in quotes as well as use backslashes:
for /R %i in (*.swf) do copy "%i" C:\testfolder\
(though I seriously wonder why you're playing around in the root directory of the drive).
And remember to double the % if you're using that in a batch file.
Joey
2010-02-22 17:12:42
I'm on Windows XP, testing it from the command line first. Not in the root, I'm actually running this from a path, but omitted the folder due to client privacy. I'm getting "The syntax of the command is incorrect."
brewern
2010-02-22 17:23:02