Re: Script to MOVE file and leave a Shortcut to new location

Oops, I forgot to remove a PAUSE statement...
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A few more thoughts...

- If users have read/write access there is a possibility that shortcut.exe will fail because the folder to where the shortcut is to go has been deleted or renamed since the file was moved.

- If you do subsequent cleanup robocopy runs, perhaps these should go to different folders, E:\backup2, E:\backup3, etc.

- Except for the fact that the shortcuts could be moved or renamed, you could run a script to look through E:\backup and delete files whose shortcuts have been deleted.

- I just realized there could be name collisions. Suppose you have files test.doc and test.rtf in the same folder. It appears to me that the code below will try to make two shortcuts called test.lnk. To have it create test.rtf.lnk and test.doc.lnk instead, change this line:

(set _SCUT=%%~dpnB.lnk)

to this:

(set _SCUT=%%~dpnxB.lnk)


/Al

"Al Dunbar" <alandrub@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uxNwXUYDKHA.3708@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Copy the code below into a batch file (i.e. backfill.cmd) - watch for line wrapping - and then run it from a command prompt window with two parameters:

backfill "E:\backup" "C:\"

This script expands on Pegasus' contribution by processing all of the files contained within the "huge directory tree" that is C:\backup using the "/R" switch of the FOR command. It also avoids re-creating any already existing shortcuts, so you could run it after your subsequent robocopy cleanup runs.

When you are satisfied that the commands being displayed will do the trick, change "ECHO/shortcut.exe" to "shortcut.exe".

REM -----------------------
@echo off
setlocal

(set _sce=%~dpnx1)
(set _dst=%~dpnx2)
if not defined _dst (
echo/syntax: %~nx0 [folder for files] [folder for shortcuts]
pause
GOTO:EOF
)

for /r b %%A in (*.*) do CALL:SCUT "%%~A"
GOTO:EOF

:SCUT

(set _FILE=%~1)
(call set _SCUT=%%_FILE:%_sce%=%_dst%%%)
for %%B in ("%_SCUT%") do (set _SCUT=%%~dpnB.lnk)
echo/
if exist "%_SCUT%" (
echo/shortcut already exists: "%_SCUT%" & pause
) else (
ECHO/shortcut.exe /F:"%_SCUT%" /A:C /T:"%_FILE%"
)

GOTO:EOF
REM -----------------------


/Al

"JJ" <jj@xxxxx> wrote in message news:d6891$4a677784$4801c552$23657@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks...I'll give it a try!


"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uj5rHHwCKHA.1540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

All you need to do is to invoke shortcut.exe once for each file, giving it the appropriate names each time, e.g. like so:
@echo off
for %%a in (E:\Backup\*.*) do (
echo shortcut /F:"C:\%%~na.lnk" /A:C /T:"%%a" /W:E:\Backup /R:1
)

Since your description about the source and target folders is rather vague, you may have to tweak the above batch file a little in order to suit your environment. Note also this:
- You must test the batch file from the Command Prompt. Do not test it from the Start/Run box.
- When you're happy with the result you see, remove the word "echo" in Line 3 in order to activate the batch file.


"JJ" <jj@xxxxx> wrote in message news:80d7d$4a67515d$4801c552$9244@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for the reply, Pegasus, but I will be moving thousands of files and folders and subfolders. A huge directory tree. I don't see an option in the switches to do all this in one step. Could you give me an example?

Say I wanted to move all files not accessed after Jan 1, 2003 from c:\ to f:\Backup. I know how to do this with robocopy. How would I use shortcut.exe to create shortcuts to all the files moved........in the locations hat they were moved from....throughout the whole directory tree?

?

James

"Pegasus [MVP]" <news@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23f6uBbuCKHA.4648@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"JJ" <jj@xxxxx> wrote in message news:ee60$4a67328f$4801c552$16157@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi.

I am running low on disk space on my server, but need to keep all files available. I would like to create a script that will move files that have not been accessed after a preset date, to an external hard drive, leaving a shortcut where the moved file originally was and pointing to it's new location on the external drive.

So far, I have come up with robocopy to move the files by access date, but it doesn't seem to have the ability to leave a shortcut behind.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!!


Thanks,


James Thibault

You could use shortcut.exe from http://www.optimumx.com/download/#Shortcut.













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