batch file find, rename, move, convert to pdf

What type of files?

I use Imagick's CONVERT (http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php) to process TIFF/JPG/faxes/etc files into PDFs.

As for scanning across the drives, you would need to have a list of drives and possible file types.

Is this a one of task, or something you are going to run on a regular basis?

The files are a mixed breed - .xls, .doc, .pdf, .jpg, ppt,....

Right now, we're quering network drives and finding matches based on known keywords, but when we find them, we need to move them into a different directory, batch rename them (like projectName), and then convert them into pdf files.

We have over 11,000 files to processs.

Hopefully, this is a one time job!

I use Win2PDF (www.win2pdf.com).  Basically it's installed as a printer, but creates PDF documents.  They also have a product (http://www.win2pdf.com/products/products.htm) called Batch2PDF that 'converts entire directories of .doc, .html, .txt and .rtf files to PDF files'

I believe you are looking for something along these lines, perhaps this exactly.  (Please see the attached script.)

NOTE:  I am using PDF Creator simply because it is free and because it is installed on all of my machines by default, and therefore I am somewhat familliar witht eh syntx.  If you have a different PDF Creation mechanism you would prefer to use simply substitute it's commands as necessary.
You can Download PDF Creator here for free:  HTTP://Sourceforge.net/Projects/PDFCreator/

@ECHO OFF
SET RemotePathList="\\Nas1\share1\Folder", "\\Nas1\share2\Folder", "\\Nas2\share1\Folder"
SET "FileMask=*.xls"
SET "ProjectName=ProjectX"
SET "ProjectPath=\\Nas3\Share4\Folder Five\ProjectX Folder"
SET "PDFCreatorPath=C:\Program Files\PDFCreator\PDFCreator.exe"

::Finds Files, Copies them to the project directory and int he process renames them.
FOR %%L IN (%RemotePathList%) DO FORFILES /P "%%L" /S /M %FileMask% /C "cmd /c COPY /Z "@Path\@File" "%ProjectPath%\ProjectName_@File""
:: Note in the above statement we don;t trap errors, they will echo to the command prompt for now.

:: Here we convert the renamed files to PDF and delete the files we copied int he last step
FOR /F "Tokens=1-2 del%%P IN ('DIR /A:-D /B "%ProjectPath%" ') DO "%PDFCreatorPath%" /PF"%ProjectPath%\%%P" && DEL /F /Q "%ProjectPath%\%%P"
:: Note in the above statement we don't trap errors, they will echo to the command for now; and if a file is NOT converted it should not be deleted.

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QCubed,

What language is the code written in? Does in run in WIn XP environment?
If so, do I just save the code in a file with a .bat extension and then run it from the command line?

That is a .BAT file.

Hey, thanks for the points! ^^

~Q