Batch file to only copy new files from source to destination

Question

I am trying to create a batch file that copies only new files to another folder. I have .png files that come in through FTP at various times throughout the day. So I am looking for a .bat that I can run once a day that will only copy the new .png files and place them in the destination folder.

However, the destination folder is always empty. This is because the software I use auto fetches the .png files for processing. I have been manually moving these .png files over everyday.

Solution

The xcopy utility will do what you want:

xcopy /s /d {source dir}\ {target dir}\

or:

xcopy /s /d {source dir}\*.PNG {target dir}\

The first example copies all files, while the second copies only .PNG files.

Omit /s if you want to copy a single directory, not whole tree.

Comments

[user]

I can't tell what you are asking, here. Can you perhaps edit your question and provide an example flow from start to finish?

[Chenmunka]

Why don't you use Robocopy?

[Kevin Brekke]

xcopy C:\Test1\ C:\Test2\ /d /s /r /y This is what i have so far, but it only if the same files are in the destination folder.

[Kevin Brekke]

Is there a way to only copy new .png files? such as only copy the new .png files for each new day.

[AFH]

That's precisely what the commands do: /d specifies to copy only new and updated files. If you want to copy each day's files to a separate directory, you will need to add a date to the /d (see xcopy /?).