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Batch folder creation?

I need to:
1. create three folders eg. Folder 1, 2 and 3 within a folder, where there's 200 folders - all folders within this folder, will need the folders 1,2 and 3 created
2. create a log file confirming success/ failure

I've been playing around with the following command via a DOS batch script:

@echo on
H:
cd H:\
echo Making Directories...
mkdir %1\

What's the simplest/ best technique for doing this - DOS or VB Script? I think VB Script would be the best?

Does anyone have a script that can perform this function?

Bill Prew

I think this should work pretty well for you, save it as a BAT file, and edit the SET lines at the top as needed. It will locate all folders under the base directory, and add the new folders specified. It logs success or failure to LOG.TXT.

@echo on
setlocal
set BaseDir=H:
set NewDirs="folder 1","folder 2","folder 3"
(
  echo Making Directories...
  for /D %%A in (%BaseDir%\*.*) do (
    for %%B in (%NewDirs%) do (
      md "%%~A\%%~B" >NUL 2>&1 && (
        echo Created: "%%~A\%%~B"
      ) || (
        echo *ERROR*: "%%~A\%%~B"
      )
    )
  )
)>"log.txt"

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~bp

Osley

ASKER

Hi. Thanks for the fast response.

I need to ammend the directory from:

set BaseDir=H: to a folder in H, which is H:\Temp Folder\2013. What's the proper syntax? I've added this to the end of BaseDir=H: and one folder was created on the desktop with the three folders contained within.

The log file generated the following:

Making Directories...

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>(for %B in ("Excel" "Powerpoint" "Word") do (md "H:\Temp\%~B" 1>NUL 2>&1 && (echo Created: "H:\Temp\%~B" ) || (echo *ERROR*: "H:\Temp\%~B" ) ) )

Bill Prew

This should handle that.

@echo off
setlocal
set BaseDir=H:\Temp Folder\2013
set NewDirs="Excel","Powerpoint","Word"
(
  echo Making Directories...
  for /D %%A in ("%BaseDir%\*.*") do (
    for %%B in (%NewDirs%) do (
      md "%%~A\%%~B" >NUL 2>&1 && (
        echo Created: "%%~A\%%~B"
      ) || (
        echo *ERROR*: "%%~A\%%~B"
      )
    )
  )
)>"log.txt"

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~bp

Osley

ASKER

I've updated the field and encounter the error:
1. A 'home' folder is created on the desktop, with the 3 folders within
2. The log file is as follows:

C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop>(for %B in ("Excel" "Powerpoint" "Word") do (md "H:\Staff\%~B" 1>NUL 2>&1 && (echo Created: "H:\Staff\%~B" ) || (echo *ERROR*: "H:\Staff\%~B" ) ) )

I updated the field with the following:
set BaseDir=H:\Staff Home Folder\2013

The above is the actual directory path..

Thanks again.

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Bill Prew

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Osley

ASKER

Perfect!

Thanks for the script - I should've looked closer at the code update you provided.

Thanks. Much appreciated.

Osley

ASKER

I've requested that this question be closed as follows:

Accepted answer: 0 points for Osley's comment #a38812880

for the following reason:

Script performed exactly as desired.

Bill Prew

Did you mean to close the question this way. Normally I would have expected you to select my last script post as the solution and award points?

~bp

Osley

ASKER

Apologies. I didn't mean to select it that way...

Thanks for the solution. It's saved loads of time.

Osley

ASKER

Solution worked as requested. Saved loads of time because of it.

Bill Prew

Welcome, glad that was useful, and thanks for the feedback.

~bp

Osley

ASKER

Hi billprew. One more question - I need to modify the script, so that it creates one folder called 'documents' and with this folder, 3 more folders.

Apologies -

Bill Prew

I posted that in the related question.

~bp