Move a folder from one server to another using a vb script, bat or cmd

you can use xcopy on batch file.
xcoyp /?

Yea, I tried that with the /RS  /RC commands and it didn't work.  It copies the folder but doesn't delete the source.  I need to MOVE the folder so it needs to be gone from the source location

there's a microsoft utility calle robocopy, works like a charm, i use it daily on scheduled task to MIRROR some directories as a backup policy, it updates, deletes an adds as necessary, depending on the OS version you have maybe it's already installed or you'll have to download it from microsoft, once you have it installed in both machines your *.bat file maybe something like this:

robocopy D:\mypath \\172.1.1.5\d$\mypath /E /MIR /NP /R:1 /W:1 > d:\backups\log_backup.txt

ypu can get it from here:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&displaylang=en

you'll need to use the following option to delete source once the copy is made:

  /MOV :: MOVe files (delete from source after copying).
 /MOVE :: MOVE files AND dirs (delete from source after copying).


I like a lot this utility 'cause it resumes the copy process as many times is necessary in case there are communication outages or errors.

I"m going to try it with Robocopy right now.  so they command would look like this??

c:\temp z:\backup /MOVE       ???    Would this move the TEMP folder to the backup folder or just move everything within the temp folder to the backup folder???

Problem.  the Target Directory is on a different server.  I can't get it to work in DOS but I downloaded the GUI and it works great.  How can I get the command that the GUI is running so I can put it into a .vbs and schedule it as a scheduled task?

Here this is what you need to run to do:  If you are using Windows 2003 or prior Download and install the GUI on the server where the script will run.

 (If you are running this on Windows 2008/2008r2/vista/ or 7 the Robocopy command is already present by default and includes improved functionality.  So you would NOT want to install the GUI on these systems)

Then you can schedule the command or a batch file with the Robocopy commands if you want to do something complex or just to keep editing the process more simple than using task scheduler.

To run Robocopy from the command line:

RoboCopy "c:\backups" "J:|Temp\Backups" * /MOVE /ZB /E

NOTE: IT IS ALWAYS BETTER TO USE A UNC PATH TO THE SERVER INSTEAD OF A MAPPED DRIVE!  Below is an example of this:

Robocopy "C:\Backups" "\\DellBackup\Share\Temp\Backup" * /MOVE /ZB /E