Question

As the title says, how can I recursively copy a directory structure but only include some files. E.g given the following directory structure:

folder1   folder2     folder3       data.zip       info.txt       abc.xyz     folder4     folder5       data.zip       somefile.exe       someotherfile.dll 

The files data.zip and info.txt can appear everywhere in the directory structure. How can I copy the full directory structure, but only include files named data.zip and info.txt (all other files should be ignored)?

The resulting directory structure should look like this:

copy_of_folder1   folder2     folder3       data.zip       info.txt     folder4     folder5       data.zip 

Answer 1

You don’t mention if it has to be batch only, but if you can use ROBOCOPY, try this:

ROBOCOPY C:\Source C:\Destination data.zip info.txt /E 

EDIT: Changed the /S parameter to /E to include empty folders.