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I need to move files from one directory to another in windows, and I need to write this in a batch script.

We have written a SQL job where backup files will be created every 4 hours on the D: drive and last 4 backup files will be saved and others will be deleted.

I need to write a batch script to move these files from the D: drive to the E: drive every 10 hours.

Can anyone help me to write this script.

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    Have you tried anything? Please read How to Ask. Commented Apr 12, 2013 at 10:27
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    Welcome to SO. This is a Q&A site. Try some code, and come back if you have questions. Commented Apr 12, 2013 at 10:27
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    Hint: try move /? and schtasks /? Commented Apr 12, 2013 at 11:14
  • Hi I know the move command move Source Destination. But i need the command to move files every 10hours Commented Apr 12, 2013 at 12:14
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    For that, have you tried schtasks /? ? Commented Apr 12, 2013 at 12:36

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Create a file called MoveFiles.bat with the syntax

move c:\Sourcefoldernam\*.* e:\destinationFolder

then schedule a task to run that MoveFiles.bat every 10 hours.

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move c:\Sourcefoldernam\*.* e:\destinationFolder

^ This did not work for me for some reason

But when I tried using quotation marks, it suddenly worked:

move "c:\Sourcefoldernam\*.*" "e:\destinationFolder"

I think its because my directory had spaces in one of the folders. So if it doesn't work for you, try with quotation marks!

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This is exactly how it worked for me. For some reason the above code failed.

This one runs a check every 3 minutes for any files in there and auto moves it to the destination folder. If you need to be prompted for conflicts then change the /y to /-y

:backup
move /y "D:\Dropbox\Dropbox\Camera Uploads\*.*" "D:\Archive\Camera Uploads\"
timeout 360
goto backup
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You can try this:

:backup move C:\FilesToBeBackedUp\*.* E:\BackupPlace\ timeout 36000 goto backup

If that doesn't work try to replace "timeout" with sleep. Ik this post is over a year old, just helping anyone with the same problem.

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almost 10 years after you did help someone :)

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