Find and Copy

[topdome]

Hi,

Need an urgent help on finding and copying.


I need to copy 2 cookie files from many PCs. Wish to create a batch program.

1) It must be able to search for the cookie file '*@rls*.txt' in both the c:\windows\cookies and the c:\windows\profiles folder.

2) Once it finds the files, it should copy them to the a temp folder.

3) Aftwhich, should delete all the other contents in the both folders.

4) Copy back the '*@rls*.txt' files to their original respective locations.

Pls help. Thanks!

[markp62]

This should work.

1 md c:\windows\temp\cookies
2 md c:\windows\temp\profiles
3 IF EXIST c:\windows\cookies\*@rls*.txt copy c:\windows\cookies\*@rls*.txt c:\windows\temp\cookies
4 IF EXIST c:\windows\profiles\*@rls*.txt copy c:\windows\profiles\*@rls*.txt c:\windows\temp\profiles
5 del c:\windows\cookies\*.txt
6 del c:\windows\profiles\*.txt
7 copy c:\windows\temp\cookies\*.* c:\windows\cookies
8 copy c:\windows\temp\profiles\*.* c:\windows\profiles
9 deltree /y c:\windows\temp\cookies
10 deltree /y c:\windows\temp\profiles

[topdome]

hi markp62 ,

thanks for the info. but i got a bit of a problem here.
the directory c:\windows\profiles\ contains many other folder, for eg.

c:\windows\profiles\david
c:\windows\profiles\john
c:\windows\profiles\peter
c:\windows\profiles\mike

each of these folders might or might not contain the cookie file. and these profiles\sub-folders vary from PC to PC.

Pls help.

[markp62]

Well, you've got a good template to edit. All you need to do is add those in. For example the second line would be duplicated 4 times and edited as follows
md c:\windows\temp\profiles\david <edit name and do the next one

The fourth line the same.
IF EXIST c:\windows\profiles\david\*@rls*.txt copy c:\windows\profiles\david\*@rls*.txt c:\windows\temp\profiles\david

Then do the same for the eighth line.

Leave the last two lines alone. Leave out the line numbers, though.

[topdome]

thanks for the help markp62!
it works!

[markp62]

Cool, and thanks for posting back.

[Vernon Frazee]

Here's a different approach. It does NOT require knowing what names are listed under "C:\Windows\Profiles" but, it does require Windows 9x/Me and having DEBUG.EXE somwhere in your PATH:

@echo off
cls
echo @echo on>~.bat
echo cls>>~.bat
echo Searching for all cookie files except "*@rls*.txt" in:
echo.
echo C:\Windows\Cookies ...
dir/a/b/s c:\windows\cookies|find/i "\cookies\"|find/v/i "@rls">>~.bat
echo C:\Windows\Profiles\{whomever}\Cookies ...
dir/a/b/s c:\windows\profiles|find/i "\cookies\"|find/v/i "@rls">>~.bat
echo nchange.com>~.scr
echo e100 e9 86 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 53 79 6e 74 61 78>>~.scr
echo e110 20 65 72 72 6f 72 24 46 69 6c 65 20 6e 6f 74 20>>~.scr
echo e120 66 6f 75 6e 64 24 46 69 6c 65 20 74 6f 6f 20 62>>~.scr
echo e130 69 67 24 4e 6f 74 20 43 68 61 6e 67 65 64 24 43>>~.scr
echo e140 6f 70 79 72 69 67 68 74 20 31 39 38 36 20 5a 69>>~.scr
echo e150 66 66 2d 44 61 76 69 73 20 50 75 62 6c 69 73 68>>~.scr
echo e160 69 6e 67 20 43 6f 2e 1a 50 72 6f 67 72 61 6d 6d>>~.scr
echo e170 65 64 20 62 79 20 4d 69 63 68 61 65 6c 20 4a 2e>>~.scr
echo e180 20 4d 65 66 66 6f 72 64 1a be 80 00 ba 0a 01 fc>>~.scr
echo e190 e8 35 01 89 36 03 01 80 3c 0d 74 3f 80 3c 20 74>>~.scr
echo e1a0 03 46 eb f3 c6 04 00 e8 1e 01 33 c9 bf e1 02 e8>>~.scr
echo e1b0 d7 00 80 3c 20 74 08 80 3c 0d 74 1f 46 eb f0 e8>>~.scr
echo e1c0 06 01 89 0e 05 01 33 c9 bf 61 03 e8 bb 00 80 3c>>~.scr
echo e1d0 20 74 0e 80 3c 0d 74 09 46 eb f0 b4 09 cd 21 cd>>~.scr
echo e1e0 20 89 0e 07 01 8b 16 03 01 b8 00 3d cd 21 ba 17>>~.scr
echo e1f0 01 72 e8 8b d8 ba 01 52 b9 40 9c b4 3f cd 21 ba>>~.scr
echo e200 26 01 3d 40 9c 74 d4 50 b4 3e cd 21 5a a1 05 01>>~.scr
echo e210 3b d0 7d 05 ba 33 01 eb c2 bb 01 52 b8 e1 03 be>>~.scr
echo e220 e1 02 8b fb 8b 0e 05 01 f3 a6 8b f8 74 08 8b f3>>~.scr
echo e230 a4 40 43 4a eb 18 80 0e 09 01 01 be 61 03 8b 0e>>~.scr
echo e240 07 01 03 c1 03 1e 05 01 2b 16 05 01 f3 a4 3b 16>>~.scr
echo e250 05 01 7d cb 8b ca 03 c1 8b f3 f3 a4 50 8b 16 03>>~.scr
echo e260 01 33 c9 b4 3c cd 21 59 81 e9 e1 03 8b d8 ba e1>>~.scr
echo e270 03 b4 40 cd 21 b4 3e cd 21 ba 33 01 80 3e 09 01>>~.scr
echo e280 00 74 03 83 c2 04 e9 52 ff 80 3c 22 75 14 46 ac>>~.scr
echo e290 3c 0d 74 31 3c 22 75 06 e8 34 00 73 01 c3 aa 41>>~.scr
echo e2a0 eb ed 32 db e8 28 00 73 05 8a c3 aa 41 c3 ac 3c>>~.scr
echo e2b0 30 72 12 3c 39 77 0e 2c 30 8a f8 b0 0a f6 e3 8a>>~.scr
echo e2c0 d8 02 df eb df e9 13 ff 46 80 3c 20 74 fa c3 f8>>~.scr
echo e2d0 80 3c 20 74 0a 80 3c 0d 74 05 80 3c 2c 75 01 f9>>~.scr
echo e2e0 c3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e2f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e300 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e310 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e320 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e330 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e340 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e350 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e360 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e370 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e380 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e390 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e3a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e3b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e3c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e3d0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00>>~.scr
echo e3e0 00>>~.scr
echo rcx>>~.scr
echo 2e1>>~.scr
echo w>>~.scr
echo q>>~.scr
debug<~.scr>nul
change ~.bat "C:\" "del ",34,"C:\"
change ~.bat 13,10 34,13,10
echo.
echo Deleting found files ...
for %%x in (call del) do %%x ~.bat
for %%x in (~.scr change.com) do del %%x
echo.
echo Done.

Note: If you do NOT want to see the name of every cookie file being deleted, change the third line from:

• echo @echo on>~.bat

to:

• echo @echo off>~.bat

[topdome]

WOW!

That's wonderful. Really cool.
Works like an wonder.

Thanks Vernon Frazee!

[Vernon Frazee]

You're more than Welcome. Thanks for posting back.