I have a directory on a windows server that contains over 100,000 documents and I would like to copy some of these to a different drive but I need to preserve the folder structure as well. I have a list of the folder/file names in a text file and would like a script to automate this process. How would I do this?
For example, the directory has folders/files similar to this:
C:\Files\AAA\File1.doc
C:\Files\AAA\File2.doc
C:\Files\AAA\File3.doc
C:\Files\BBB\File1.doc
C:\Files\BBB\File2.doc
C:\Files\BBB\File3.doc
C:\Files\CCC\File1.doc
...
My text file might contain something like this:
C:\Files\AAA\File2.doc
C:\Files\BBB\File1.doc
C:\Files\CCC\File3.doc
So I would like my script to loop through the list in the text file and only copy those files while preserving the folder structure.
So the new directory would be:
D:\Files\AAA\File2.doc
D:\Files\BBB\File1.doc
D:\Files\CCC\File3.doc
Thanks
If not, I would look into the use of ROBOCOPY/FORFILES to do this task.
ROBOCOPY is pretty comprehensive in the sense, you can copy whole trees, apply ACLS/etc.