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Batch moving files to another folder/directory in Windows?
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I am getting an error message to the effect of unable to move files to a single file. I am not trying to do this. What I am trying to do is move files from one folder to another folder (staging) and then deleting the original folder. If you can show me a better way to do this since I am not doing t…
Error Output
Y: move "Y:\ABC_files\*.js" "C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\ABC_Stage\ABC_files\" move "Y:\ABC_files\*.CSS" "C:\Documents and Settings\user\D…
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Personally, I would prefer XCOPY here since it has more options that may be useful, especially if you change the batch file, and then remove the old directory and files using a switch. I would also dump the quotes unless there is an actual space in …
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