Question

I was able to copy my entire folder using this script. Please see details below

for %%D in (
   "\\Computer1\Sample\"
   "\\Computer2\Sample\"
   "\\Computer3\Sample\"
   "\\Computer4\Sample\"
) do Xcopy /E /Y "c:\MyProject\Sample*.*" "%%D"

Now, i want to validate the file before copying.. Is there a way to accomplish this task..? Using the if condition for batch file.. Sorry, ‘m a newbie in batch file creation..

Hope to hear from you soon..

Thanks,

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Answer 1

You may include this line:

attrib +h +s "c:\MyProject\SampleExceptThisOne.ext" 

before your copy, and this line:

attrib -h -s "c:\MyProject\SampleExceptThisOne.ext" 

after the copy. This way, the file with +H +S attribute is not copied by XCOPY commands (as long as you don’t include /H option in XCOPY).