I need the CMD syntax for the FOR command. Specifically, I need to copy all *.doc files from C: and subdirs to the H: drive...

I believe that it would look something like:
for /r c:\ %1 *.doc do copy %1 h:\doc

Any help would be appreciated.

This is a batch file to prep a user to be moved onto a new PC (or just to back up their files or whatever)

Assuming m: to be the user home drive...

code:

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@echo off
md m:\Word
md m:\Excel
md m:\PowerPoint 
md m:\Outlook 
md m:\Publisher 
md m:\Favorites 
md m:\Desktop 
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.doc) do xcopy "%%a" m:\Word /y /s /i
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.xls) do xcopy "%%a" m:\Excel /y /s /i
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.ppt) do xcopy "%%a" m:\PowerPoint /y /s /i
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.pst) do xcopy "%%a" m:\Outlook /y /s /i
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.pub) do xcopy "%%a" m:\Publisher /y /s /i
xcopy "%userprofile%\favorites\*.*" m:\Favorites /y /s /i
xcopy "%userprofile%\desktop\*.*" m:\Desktop /y /s /i

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there has to be a law against working on a Saturday....

[This message has been edited by Radimus (edited 16 September 2000).]

Also both of these sites give some excellant examples of its use.
http://www.jsiinc.com/reghack.htm http://www.Windows2000faq.com/

Note in a Win9x client environment FOR is not very useful.

code:

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@echo off
if exist "c:\program files\ase\data\aspen.mdb" md "h:\aspen" & move "c:\program files\ase\data\aspen.mdb" "h:\aspen"
if exist "c:\cognos\BI96\workspce\*.imt" md "h:\improm35" & move "c:\cognos\BI96\workspce\*.imt" "h:\improm35"
if exist "c:\My Documents" md "h:\My Documents" & move "c:\My Documents\*.*" "h:\My Documents"
if exist "%userprofile%\favorites\*.*" md h:\Favorites & move "%userprofile%\favorites\*.*" h:\Favorites 
if exist "%userprofile%\desktop\*.*" md h:\Desktop & move "%userprofile%\desktop\*.*" h:\Desktop
if exist "%userprofile%\Personal\*.*" md h:\Personal & move "%userprofile%\Personal\*.*" h:\Personal
if exist "%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dot" md h:\Normal & move "%userprofile%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\Normal.dot" h:\Normal
md h:\Word
md h:\Excel
md h:\PowerPoint
md h:\Outlook
md h:\Publisher
md h:\Access
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.doc) do xcopy "%%a" h:\Word /y /s /i
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.xls) do xcopy "%%a" h:\Excel /y /s /i
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.ppt) do xcopy "%%a" h:\PowerPoint /y /s /i
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.pub) do xcopy "%%a" h:\Publisher /y /s /i
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.mdb) do xcopy "%%a" h:\Access /y /s /i
for /r c:\ %%a in (*.pst *.pab) do xcopy "%%a" h:\Outlook /y /s /i
net use | find /i ":" > H:\%username%-Drivemappings.txt

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