Hello, I would like to find out how to accomplish the following task:
Folder 1 contains 1.txt, eric.jpg
Folder 2 contains 56.txt, sally.jpg
Folder 3 contains 43.txt, math.xls
I would like to select all folders and copy the contents of each
folder into a destination folder that a choose.
Ideally, there is a way to do with within XP. If there is not a way,
I would like to find an inexpensive software program that could do
this.
Please answer this question, by explaining how to do it in XP or by
providing 2 different software applications that can. |
Request for Question Clarification by
muhammad-ga
on
25 Aug 2005 21:52 PDT
Hello!
Are you looking to copy the contents of three different folders to one
single folder? Are the file and folder names same or do they change?
Is this a recurring task which you want to automate?
A clarification will help answer your question.
Thanks
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Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
25 Aug 2005 22:24 PDT
digitalpixman...
A simple batch file can accomplish this in what will seem
like an instantaneous manner. If the folders you want to
copy from and to are always going to be the same, I can
write you a batch file that will do the job with a single
click of a shortcut. Just let me know the names and paths
for the source and target folders.
A working template would be:
Copy C:\path\folder1\*.* C:\path\targetfolder
Copy C:\path\folder2\*.* C:\path\targetfolder
Copy C:\path\folder3\*.* C:\path\targetfolder
Let me know what you think...
sublime1-ga
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Clarification of Question by
digitalpixman-ga
on
26 Aug 2005 06:12 PDT
>Are you looking to copy the contents of three different folders to one
single folder?
Yes
>Are the file and folder names same or do they change?
They Change
>Is this a recurring task which you want to automate?
It is a recurring task that I need to automate. The users that are
doing this are "low level. Ideally, they would select the folders in
XP, right click, a combine to folder option would appear, the
destination folder would be selected and the copy and move would
happen.
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Clarification of Question by
digitalpixman-ga
on
26 Aug 2005 06:16 PDT
Submlime, Thanks for your response. However, the folders are
constantly changing. We are school photographers and here is the
acutal application:
1. Three Photographers go to a shoot
2. Each Photographer brings back a memory card that is copied to a
folder on the server labeled by the photographers initials.
3. At a later date, a low level data entry employee copies of of the
files into one folder.
4. We do this every day with multiple photographers, so the names are
always changing.
5. Currently, we manually combine the files by going into each
folder, copying, and pasting.
6. I am hoping that there is a graphical way to do this in XP or an
application that does this.
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