Windows 10: Batch file code to copy C:\folder\ to F:\

I asked a microsoft CHATperson for batch file code to copy C:\folder\ to F:\and s/he gave me the following which I can make neither head nor tail of :xcopy /s "%userprofile%\Desktop\test.txt" for /F "usebackq tokens=1,2,3,4 " %%i in `wmic logicaldisk get caption^,description^,drivetype 2^>NUL`do if %%l equ 2 xcopy /s "%userprofile%\Desktop\test.txt" %%i\k Can anyone convert that for me to MINIMAL code that will allow a batch file to copy C:\folder\ to F:\ ?

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Batch Files Knowledge Base

Don't use batch files very much but one I find useful is for creating a list of files in a directory.
Just copy the text below into Notepad and save as Filelist.bat

dir /a /-p /o:gen >filelist.txt

When you run it from a folder it will create a Filelist.txt file,in the same folder, that lists all the files in that folder.Useful when you are too lazy to type all the files out yourself.

 

Batch file not working

I'm afraid your batch file suffers from numerous problems. Here is a list of them:

• I do not understand what the set YYY... is supposed to do.
• There is no need to create variables for date, time and random. You can use them directly in your code.
• In some countries, the %time% variable includes colons ). They cannot be used in file names. Same for the %date% variable if it includes forward slashes (/).
• In batch files you MUST fully qualify all file names.
• "Goto" statements should be avoided as much as possible. Use loops instead (see below).
• In your copy command you MUST put double quotes around file/folder names that have embedded spaces.

Here is a cleaned up version of your batch file:

Code:

@echo offset YYYYMMDD=%4%%DATE:~4,2%%DATE:~7,2%if exist C:\Output\output.txt (   copy /y C:\Output\output.txt "F:\Locker\SIC by Plawro\outputs\output%date%_%time%_%random%.txt" >nul   timeout 1 >nul)call C:\Tools\outputreinstall.bat

 

Batch Files Knowledge Base

Very nice and usefull thanks for contributing.