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Can't test this for you now but the /C option for xcopy may be what could do the trick:<br />
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&nbsp; /C &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Continues copying even if errors occur.
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NVIT - That got me closer. The issue now is that the ping call against workstations.txt pings the entire path for the workstations:<br><br><em>\\workstation1\c$\abc\dir\ instead of just workstation1</em><br><br>Could I reshape my xcopy command to concatenate the destination directory and just keep the workstation names in the workstations.txt file?<br><br>Something like:<br><br><pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43320529-1"><span>Setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion</span>
<span>Set QFP = \c$\abc\dir\</span>
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<span>FOR /F "delims=" %ii IN (C:\Automation\Workstations.txt) DO (</span>
<span>&nbsp; ping %%i</span>
<span>&nbsp; if !errorlevel! equ 0 xcopy "\\servername\sharename\*.pdf" "%%i and QFP" </span>
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I'm struggling a bit NVIT...<br><br>Whenever I use the %% in my batch, I receive this error:<br><br>%%i was unexpected at this time<br><br>Here is my code:<br><pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43320539-1"><span>@echo off</span>
<span>setlocal enabledelayedexpansion</span>
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<span>FOR /f %%i IN ('type "C:\Automation\QF_Workstations.txt"') DO (</span>
<span>&nbsp; &nbsp;for /f "tokens=1 delims=\" %a in ('echo %%i') do set host=%%a</span>
<span>&nbsp; &nbsp;ping !host!</span>
<span>&nbsp; &nbsp;if !errorlevel! equ 0 ECHO xcopy "\\itsfm-file\data\qfw\qfwdb\*.qfdat" "%%i" /Y</span>
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Line 5: <b>%a in</b> should be <b>%%a in</b><br />
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You do have this code in a .bat or .cmd file, right?
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I've now realized that I need to use a single % when running from CMD and a %% when running as a batch.<br><br>When using single % from command line for testing - I'm getting an error stating: ping request could not find !host!<br><br><a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2021/07_w31/1567756/Screen-Shot-07-28-21-at-01.28-PM.PNG" rel="ugc"><img src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2021/07_w31/1567756/Screen-Shot-07-28-21-at-01.28-PM.PNG" class="fr-fic fr-dib"></a><br>
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You need <b>setlocal enabledelayedexpansion</b>
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IMO, it's simpler to just run the .bat/cmd file in the Command window. That way you don't need to deal with the %
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I've created a batch file that uses XCOPY to iterate through a list of workstations, and copy files from a server to a collection of workstations.<br><br>The batch file works great - unless one of the machines is offline, then the .bat just hangs.<br><br>Do any of you experts have an idea as to how I can add some conditional handling that will "test" each workstation for reachability, and if the machine is not online, skip it and go to the next. I've seen ideas to test w/ ping, but I don't know how to implement it.<br><br>TEXT FOR BATCH FILE<br>FOR /F "delims=" %i IN (C:\Automation\Workstations.txt) DO (<br>xcopy "\\servername\sharename\*.pdf" "%i" /Y)<br><br><br>TEXT FOR WORKSTATIONS.TXT<br>\\workstation1\c$\abc\dir\<br>\\workstation2\c$\abc\dir\<br>\\workstation3\c$\abc\dir\<br>\\workstation4\c$\abc\dir\<br>\\workstation5\c$\abc\dir\<br><br>
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I've created a batch file that uses XCOPY to iterate through a list of workstations, and copy files from a server to a collection of workstations.
The batch file works great - unless one of the machines is offline, then the .bat just hangs.
Do any of you experts have an idea as to how I can add some conditional handling that will "test" each workstation for reachability, and if the machine is not online, skip it and go to the next. I've seen ideas to test w/ ping, but I don't know how to implement it.
TEXT FOR BATCH FILE
FOR /F "delims=" %i IN (C:\Automation\Workstations.txt) DO (
xcopy "\\servername\sharename\*.pdf" "%i" /Y)
TEXT FOR WORKSTATIONS.TXT
\\workstation1\c$\abc\dir\
\\workstation2\c$\abc\dir\
\\workstation3\c$\abc\dir\
\\workstation4\c$\abc\dir\
\\workstation5\c$\abc\dir\

Batch File using XCOPY Needs To Skip Machines That Are Offline

Batchfiles

Xcopy

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