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I am trying to create a batch script that copies the contents of one folder into another. Ihave tried this:

mkdir "c:\Jamie"
cd c:\jamie_DateTimeStamp*
xcopy * "c:\Jamie"
for /D %%f in (c\jamie_*) do rmdir %%f /s /Q

I can get the delete to work but I cannot get the xcopy to work. things to know The Jamie_datetimestap folder can be any date and time so I don't have a constant and I need to use a wildcard. The goal of the script to copy the contents of a folder that has a datetime stamp into a folder that does not have one, then delete the folder with the datetime stamp I cannot simply rename the folder.

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Dave, thanks for fixing my post. – user2487211 Jun 14 at 18:44
can you get it to work without using the '*' and giving it specific targets? – tomArnold Jun 14 at 18:46
You should try this: set curr_date=%DATE:~10,4%-%DATE:~4,2%-%DATE:~7,2% mkdir "c:\Jamie" cd "c:\jamie" mkdir "%curr_date%_backup" – tomArnold Jun 14 at 18:52

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If you want to copy subfolders with xcopy you need option /s for subdirectories. You can not use wildcard in cd command though, but you can do a dir /b Jamie* and use this inside the for loop as you do for delete to use as target for cd.

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