a269652 Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 I have need of a FREE utility that will enable me to copy a file in one folder (source) to multiple folders (target), in a single hit... rather than having to do them all individually. I know there are many such utilites out there but am looking for first-hand recommendadtions please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 I have need of a FREE utility that will enable me to copy a file in one folder (source) to multiple folders (target), in a single hit... rather than having to do them all individually. I know there are many such utilites out there but am looking for first-hand recommendadtions please. Don't know about a utility to do it but you can do it from DOS or from a command prompt As an example This will copy c:\readme.txt to all subfolders under C:\TEMP for /R C:\TEMP %a in (.) do copy C:\readme.txt %a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rio666uk Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 simmo - could you walk me through that command - ive not seen it used before - can you explain what each bit of the syntax is doing please.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmo Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 simmo - could you walk me through that command - ive not seen it used before - can you explain what each bit of the syntax is doing please.. Ahh .. my DOS is very rusty ... sooo long ago ... I grabbed that from a backup batch script.. Reference From this site FOR /R [[drive:]path] %variable IN (set) DO command [command-parameters] Walks the directory tree rooted at [drive:]path, executing the DO statement in each directory of the tree. If no directory specification is specified after /R then the current directory is assumed. If set is just a single period (.) character then it will just enumerate the directory tree. Probably better to do it in VBScript these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 I sometimes need to copy a file to multiple computers on the network. Last year I clicked around and stopped on Allway Sync http://allwaysync.com It doesn't exactly copy files, it synchronises folders, which is another way of saying it. Free version might have a limit on how many folders you can synchronise at once. If you search the Internet - look for synchronisation programs, you'll get better results than searching for "copy file" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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