richard rees

Sys Admin

ITguy565

IT Professional

Albert Widjaja

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Here is a code that I usually use for robocopy :<br />
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@oBdA is right in what he said above.<br />
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<pre><code class="code-10 nolinks" id="code-20-42729175-1"><span>function invoke-refresh_DFS($Building, $DFSOriginal, $DFSNEW, $Departement){</span>
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<span>#test foder for Existance</span>
<span>    if ($(Test-Path -path $($DFSNEW)) -like &quot;False&quot;){</span>
<span>        write-host &quot;The $($department) Folder Does not Exist, Creating it&quot;</span>
<span>        mkdir $($DFSNEW)}</span>
<span>    if ($(Test-Path -path $($DFSNEW)) -like &quot;True&quot;){</span>
<span>        net use g: /del</span>
<span>        net use h: /del</span>
<span>        net use g: $($DFSOriginal)</span>
<span>        net use h: $($DFSNEW)</span>
<span>        #write-host &quot;Simulated Run of Robocopy on Drive Drive g: and h:&quot;</span>
<span>        robocopy g: h: /ZB /MIR /SEC /SECFIX /w:0 /r:1 /mt:24</span>
<span>        </span>
<span>        #robocopy g: h: /ZB /XO /E /w:0 /r:1 /mt:32</span>
<span>        start-sleep 2</span>
<span>    }else { write-host &quot;Folder $($Department) Was Not Created Sucessfully&quot;}}</span>
<span></span>
<span></span>
<span>$transportation = @{</span>
<span>        Building = &quot;Building 1&quot;</span>
<span>        DFSOriginal = &quot;\\computer1\Transportation&quot;</span>
<span>        DFSNEW = &quot;\\computer2\t$\Transportation&quot;</span>
<span>        Department = &quot;Transportation&quot;</span>
<span>    }</span>
</code></pre>
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Brian Boyes

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I am a 70 year old DOS dinosaur. &nbsp;Never heard of robocopy. &nbsp;Obviously I will look into it. &nbsp;thank you.
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If you share your current .BAT file we will happily try and provide more specific suggestions.<br />
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»<b><i>bp</i></b>
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It turned out that robocopy was quite difficult to use for me. &nbsp;<br />
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I think I resolved the issue with a normal .bat file, actually I do not remember but I want to close out this question. &nbsp;Thank you all.
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just trying to figure out how to close this.
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I am having trouble with my batch files .bat. &nbsp;The folder names have spaces in them and the commands do not like it.<br />
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Powershell also has this problem.<br />
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There are many files to process so renaming them manually is not an option.<br />
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How can I get around this?
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I am having trouble with my batch files .bat.  The folder names have spaces in them and the commands do not like it.

Powershell also has this problem.

There are many files to process so renaming them manually is not an option.

How can I get around this?

Need help with a bat file

Windows PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework. PowerShell provides full access to the Component Object Model (COM) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), enabling administrators to perform administrative tasks on both local and remote Windows systems as well as WS-Management and Common Information Model (CIM) enabling management of remote Linux systems and network devices.

Powershell

Batch files are text files containing a script of commands that are executed by the command interpreter on DOS, OS/2 and Windows systems. Most commonly, they are used to perform a series of functions that are repeated -- copying a set of files created daily with one step, for example.