paulmarsh
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Batch file copy to multiple folders
I need to copy a Default User profile directory to all users home directory. There are nearly 2000 users listed in nt user manager. I want to copy from c:\profile\default user to \\server\%username%\
Is there a way of including a variable that will equal the name of the users home directory in a batch file? Or is there an easier way?
Is there a way of including a variable that will equal the name of the users home directory in a batch file? Or is there an easier way?
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Most things like this get run through login scripts, and leave room for contention (in use) and timespan to get all of them. With that many users, I wonder also on confidence level of them even using a login script, or if many simply access a shared file and do not need to process that script?
You answered your own question pretty much. Use a logon script to execute a copy command.
Script looks like this:
copy c:\<dir>\file.txt \\<servername>\%username%\
That's it. This is assuming of course that the user directory is the same as their username. If there are other characters in there (ie $) just put them after the %username% variable.
Hope this helps.
Script looks like this:
copy c:\<dir>\file.txt \\<servername>\%username%\
That's it. This is assuming of course that the user directory is the same as their username. If there are other characters in there (ie $) just put them after the %username% variable.
Hope this helps.
Just read your post c30keith...didn't mean to repeat exactly what you just said!