Question

So the scenario is this…

I have my folder structure

 - C:\
     - DirectoryA 
         - SubdirA
             - File.xml     
     - DirectoryB    
         - SubdirB     
     - DirectoryC
         - SubdirC
     .
     .
     .

My question is,
Is there a way to copy the file from SubdirA into ALL subdirectories of all other directories, in a batch/cmd file, without a massive list of copy statements?

Answer 1

Excuse me, there are a couple unclear points about this question.

At first, I thought you want to “copy the file from SubdirA into ALL subdirectories of all other directories” at the same level where the file is, that is, if SubdirB and/or SubdirC would have subdirectories beneath, the file will NOT be copied to them; just to SubdirB and SubdirC. If a DirectoryD would exist that have NOT another subdirectory beneath, the file will NOT be copied to it. The Batch file below do such process:

@echo off
set "theFile=C:\DirectoryA\SubdirA\File.xml"

for /F "tokens=2 delims=\" %%a in ("%theFile%") do set "originDir=%%a"
cd \
for /d %%a in (*) do (
   if not "%%a" == "%originDir%" (
      pushd %%a
      for /d %%b in (*) do (
         copy "%theFile%" "\%%a\%%b"
      )
      popd
   )
)

However, you said later: “The directories will all be at the same level, ie directly below C:” that contradicts your own example! The directories in the example are two levels down.

Please note that this point (the level of the target directories) is crucial to correctly write a Batch file (in case the file above does not solve your problem).