Oops, I forgot to remove a PAUSE statement...
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A few more thoughts...
- If users have read/write access there is a possibility that shortcut.exe
will fail because the folder to where the shortcut is to go has been deleted
or renamed since the file was moved.
- If you do subsequent cleanup robocopy runs, perhaps these should go to
different folders, E:\backup2, E:\backup3, etc.
- Except for the fact that the shortcuts could be moved or renamed, you
could run a script to look through E:\backup and delete files whose
shortcuts have been deleted.
- I just realized there could be name collisions. Suppose you have files
test.doc and test.rtf in the same folder. It appears to me that the code
below will try to make two shortcuts called test.lnk. To have it create
test.rtf.lnk and test.doc.lnk instead, change this line:
(set _SCUT=%%~dpnB.lnk)
to this:
(set _SCUT=%%~dpnxB.lnk)
/Al
Post by Al DunbarCopy the code below into a batch file (i.e. backfill.cmd) - watch for line
backfill "E:\backup" "C:\"
This script expands on Pegasus' contribution by processing all of the
files contained within the "huge directory tree" that is C:\backup using
the "/R" switch of the FOR command. It also avoids re-creating any already
existing shortcuts, so you could run it after your subsequent robocopy
cleanup runs.
When you are satisfied that the commands being displayed will do the
trick, change "ECHO/shortcut.exe" to "shortcut.exe".
REM -----------------------
@echo off
setlocal
(set _sce=%~dpnx1)
(set _dst=%~dpnx2)
if not defined _dst (
echo/syntax: %~nx0 [folder for files] [folder for shortcuts]
pause
GOTO:EOF
)
for /r b %%A in (*.*) do CALL:SCUT "%%~A"
GOTO:EOF
:SCUT
(set _FILE=%~1)
(call set _SCUT=%%_FILE:%_sce%=%_dst%%%)
for %%B in ("%_SCUT%") do (set _SCUT=%%~dpnB.lnk)
echo/
if exist "%_SCUT%" (
echo/shortcut already exists: "%_SCUT%" & pause
) else (
ECHO/shortcut.exe /F:"%_SCUT%" /A:C /T:"%_FILE%"
)
GOTO:EOF
REM -----------------------
/Al
Post by JJThanks...I'll give it a try!
Post by Pegasus [MVP]All you need to do is to invoke shortcut.exe once for each file, giving
@echo off
for %%a in (E:\Backup\*.*) do (
echo shortcut /F:"C:\%%~na.lnk" /A:C /T:"%%a" /W:E:\Backup /R:1
)
Since your description about the source and target folders is rather
vague, you may have to tweak the above batch file a little in order to
- You must test the batch file from the Command Prompt. Do not test it
from the Start/Run box.
- When you're happy with the result you see, remove the word "echo" in
Line 3 in order to activate the batch file.
Post by JJThanks for the reply, Pegasus, but I will be moving thousands of files
and folders and subfolders. A huge directory tree. I don't see an
option in the switches to do all this in one step. Could you give me an
example?
Say I wanted to move all files not accessed after Jan 1, 2003 from c:\
to f:\Backup. I know how to do this with robocopy. How would I use
shortcut.exe to create shortcuts to all the files moved........in the
locations hat they were moved from....throughout the whole directory tree?
?
James
Post by Pegasus [MVP]Post by JJHi.
I am running low on disk space on my server, but need to keep all
files available. I would like to create a script that will move
files that have not been accessed after a preset date, to an external
hard drive, leaving a shortcut where the moved file originally was
and pointing to it's new location on the external drive.
So far, I have come up with robocopy to move the files by access
date, but it doesn't seem to have the ability to leave a shortcut
behind.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks,
James Thibault
You could use shortcut.exe from
http://www.optimumx.com/download/#Shortcut.