David W. Weekley
I have a need to create many folders. I have one folder with 1500+ beneath. I need to add one folder 'MFGPLAN' within each of the 1500+. Can ROBOCOPY do this? FYI...There are other folders within those.
David
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#2 13 Mar 2010 08:16
Chimaera
Not sure you need robocopy
Possiblly try MD
C:\temp> MD MFGPLAN
will create your folder within the temp folder, you will ned some kind of code to identify and add the folders in the right place, possibly a check that the folder is there or not, and using IF add the folder when its not.
https://ss64.com/nt/if.html
https://ss64.com/nt/md.html
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#3 13 Mar 2010 12:45
bluesxman
Chimaera is pointing you in the right direction; I believe this is the sort of thing you're after (untested)...
From the command prompt:
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for /d %a in ("X:\yourDirectory\*") do mkdir "%~fa\MFGPLAN" 2>nul
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for /d %%a in ("X:\yourDirectory\*") do mkdir "%%~fa\MFGPLAN" 2>nul
cmd | *sh | ruby | chef
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#4 13 Mar 2010 17:20
David W. Weekley
Thanks for the assist. I will have to test this on my PC first. Question...can you tell me where I can get some explaination for the code you furnished? I would like to educate myself abit on it.
Thanks
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#5 13 Mar 2010 18:14
Chimaera
from here
https://ss64.com/nt/
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#6 14 Mar 2010 11:10
Simon Sheppard
Just for comparison heres how you could do this in Powershell:
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# Get all the folder names and store in $folders
$folders = gci 'C:\YourDir' | Where-Object{($_.PSIsContainer)} | foreach-object{$_.Name}
# In each folder create the subfolder
ForEach($fldr in $folders){ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "C:\YourDir\$fldr\MFGPLAN"}
Also I've edited the title of this thread so people searching don't think its a robocopy thread
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#7 14 Mar 2010 15:15
David W. Weekley
Thanks for the assist. I can look thru the script and understand what it is going to do. Have not had any experience with PowerShell. I opened it thru 'Run' and opens like the 'CMD' window. Am I merely copying and pasting this into the window? I setup a series of folders on my workstation to run first before I attempt on the server.
David
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#8 14 Mar 2010 20:47
Simon Sheppard
You can run powershell from a script (.ps1) or just paste the commands at the PS: > prompt
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#9 15 Mar 2010 12:36
jumper
orSimon Sheppard wrote:
Just for comparison heres how you could do this in Powershell:
The PS version is a bit more verbose than a one line FOR command, but it may be easier to follow how it works.Code: Select all
# Get all the folder names and store in $folders $folders = gci 'C:\YourDir' | Where-Object{($_.PSIsContainer)} | foreach-object{$_.Name} # In each folder create the subfolder ForEach($fldr in $folders){ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path "C:\YourDir\$fldr\MFGPLAN"}
Also I've edited the title of this thread so people searching don't think its a robocopy thread
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ls 'C:\yourfolder' | ? {($_.PSIsContainer)} | % {$_.fullName} | % { new-item -path "$_\MFGPLAN" -type directory}
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#10 15 Mar 2010 13:31
David W. Weekley
Thanks for the assist gentlemen. This worked great. I am going to have to spend more time with this.
David