Re: Moving a random file from the server to workstation

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You need to provide more details:
- Do the .pdf files reside on the server or on the workstation?
- Is the script meant to run on the server or on the workstation?
- Do you want to open the files on the server or on the workstation?
- How is the script invoked? By the Task Scheduler? By human action?


"Sylvia" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is awesome. The only thing it did not do is open the PDF that it
moved. Anyway of adding that in easily?


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"Sylvia" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have a shared folder on my server containing a few thousand PDF files.

I would like to set up a script that would move (so no copy remains) one
of the PDF files (it doesn't matter which one, they will all be moved
eventually using this process) from the server to a specific folder on
the local workstation and opens it.

In other words, I want this script to pick a random PDF file (the folder
will only contain PDFs) from a specific shared folder and move it to a
specific folder on the local workstation.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this?

Thanks,
Glenn


You could use this batch file:
#@echo off
#set Source=D:\PDF Folder
#set Target=\\SomeMachine\Some Share\Some Folder
#
#for /F %%a in ('dir "%Source%\*.pdf" ^| find /i "file(s)"') do set
count=%%a
#
#set /a pick = 1 + %random% * count / 32767
#for /F "delims=" %%a in ('dir /b /a-d "%Source%" ^| more +%pick%') do
(set name=%%a& goto Move)
#
#:Move
#echo move "%Source%\%name%" "%Target%"

Please note:
- You must remove the # characters. Their only purpose is to
mark the start of each line.
- Do not retype this program - use copy/paste instead.
- Remove the word "echo" in the last line to activate the batch file.





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