Copy a file to all folders batch file?

Question

I need copy credits.jpg from C:\Users\meotimdihia\Desktop\credits.jpg to D:\Software\destinationfolder and all subfolders I read many and i write

/R "D:\Software\destinationfolder" %%I IN (.) DO COPY "C:\Users\meotimdihia\Desktop\credits.jpg" "%%I\credits.jpg"

then i save file saveall.bat but i run it , it dont work at all. help me write 1 bat

Solution 1

Give this a try:

for /r "D:\Software\destinationfolder" %i in (.) do @copy "C:\Users\meotimdihia\Desktop\credits.jpg" "%i"

Of course, if it's to go into a batch file, double the '%'.

Solution 2

This was the first search I found on google for batch file copy file to all subfolders.

Here's a way with xcopy. There's also robocopy but that would be too powerful for a simple task like this. (I've used that for entire drive backups because it can use multi-threading)

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But, let us focus on xcopy.

This example is for saving to a file with the extension .bat. Just drop the additional % where there is two if running directly on the command line.

cd "D:\Software\destinationfolder"
for /r /d %%I in (*) do xcopy "C:\temp\file.ext" "%%~fsI" /H /K

• cd "D:\Software\destinationfolder" change directory to the folder you want to copy the file to. Wrap this in quotes if the path has whitespaces.
• the for loop - See help here. Or type for /? in a command prompt.
• /r - Loop through files (recurse subfolders)
• /d - Loop through several folders
• %%I - %%parameter: A replaceable parameter
• xcopy - Type xcopy /? in the command line for lots of help. You may need to press Enter to read the entire help on this.
• C:\temp\file.ext - The file you want to copy
• "%%~fsI" - Expands %%I to a full pathname with short names only
• /H - Copies files with hidden and system file attributes. By default, xcopy does not copy hidden or system files
• /K - Copies files and retains the read-only attribute on Destination files if present on the Source files. By default, xcopy removes the read-only attribute.

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The last two parameters are just examples if you're having trouble with any read-only files and will retain the most important file properties.

Lots more xcopy parameters here

xcopy examples here

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Just for completeness. This example below will copy the same file in each folder of the current directory and not any sub-folders. Just the /r option is removed for it to behave like this.

for /d %%I in (*) do xcopy "C:\temp\file.ext" "%%~fsI" /H /K

Solution 3

If you can use it: Here is a PowerShell solution (PowerShell is integrated in Windows 7 and available from XP and up):

$file = "C:\...\yourfile.txt"
$dir = "C:\...\YourFolder"

#Store in sub directories
dir $dir -recurse | % {copy $file -destination $_.FullName}
#Store in the directory
copy $file -destination $dir

I'm pretty sure that the last line can be integrated in dir ... but I'm not sure how (I do not use PowerShell very often).

Comments

[Piedone]

Works like a charm and super simple.