Batch file to copy folders/files with very long paths (how to automatically reduce path lengths?)
I created a batch file to synchronize the multiple "\packaged" folders in multiple directories
In other words, find and copy the following from my Google Drive:
J:\My Drive\Programming TestDept\Operations\\Localization\Drops\2021\20210816 Drop2c (summer)\drop20210816-drop2c\VP\Packaged
J:\My Drive\Programming TestDept\Operations\Localization\Drops\2021\20210911Drop3 (summer)\Van\Packaged
etc.
But the problem is that the paths created are beyond the supported 256 character length for Windows 10. :(
Here is the batch file:
@echo off
for /d /r "J:\My Drive\Development Enablement\Localization\Drops\2021" %%a in (packaged?) do (
if /i "%%~nxa"=="packaged" xcopy "%%a" "D:\_System\_loc\Sync\%%~pnxa\" /s/h/e/k/f/c
)
If I remove the "p" in %%~pnxa, the entire path is omitted, which is also not good because I want to at least preserve the path, starting with the date.
In other words, I would like the copied folders in the above examples to be copied like:
\20210816 Drop2c (summer)\drop20210816-drop2c\VP\Packaged
\20210911Drop3 (summer)\Van\Packaged
Not
\My Drive\Programming TestDept\Operations\Localization\Drops\2021\20210816 Drop2c (summer)\drop20210816-drop2c\VP\Packaged
Thank you for your advice. :)
ASKER
No, the path lengths are not consistent, but what is consistent is that I would like to always truncate the bold path section from the source:
\My Drive\Programming TestDept\Operations\Localization\Drops\2021\20210816 Drop2c (summer)\drop20210816-drop2c\VP\packaged
The bold section will always be consistent and I would like to not duplicate this unnecessary section on the destination, if possible.
ASKER
Hence, the need for a way to trim down the path length.
More of an issue is how the script is supposed to identify the proper target folder.
There doesn't seem to be a consistent pattern here. You're going by the existence of a folder with the name "Packaged", and then in one instance want to copy it to a target determined from three levels up, the next one from two levels up.