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SorryForMyEN
SorryForMyEN

Reputation: 15

Robocopy in CMD Doesn't Copy the Parent Directory

For example

Where did folder3 go?

edit 1: it's supposed that within folder3 pre-exist folder4, folder5 and folder6.

edit 2: Here's what I'm trying... robocopy /move /s /e "%1" "D:\library"

edit 3: Registry code

edit 4: Expected context menu in W10.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6362

Answers (2)

AlexP
AlexP

Reputation: 4430

The basic syntax of the Robocopy command is

robocopy source-directory destination-directory [pattern...] [options]

If no pattern is given, the default pattern is *.*.

The querent probably said something like

robocopy C:\folder1\folder2\folder3 D:\library  /move /s /e
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^
             source directory       destination    options

This command tells RoboCopy to move all (the default pattern in *.*) the files and directories it finds in C:\folder1\folder2\folder3 to D:\library. Robocopy did that as expected.

To move the directory folder3 from C:\folder1\folder2 to D:\library, the command is

robocopy  C:\folder1\folder2\folder3  D:\library\folder3   /move /e
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   ^^^^^^^^
                source directory         destination        options

Robocopy will create the destination directory D:\library\folder3 if needed. Note that the option /e implies /s.

Since the question appears to refer to how to do it in batch file, and assuming that %1 does not end in a backslash, I suggest to replace robocopy /move /s /e "%1" "D:\library" with

robocopy /move /s /e "%1" "D:\library\%~nx1"

Upvotes: 4

nbrew
nbrew

Reputation: 781

The /MOVE option deleted the source folder, folder3 in this case, after copying to the new destination.

I see you are using both /s and /e. I think you may want to simplify your command and choose either /s, which will not copy empty directories, or /e which WILL copy empty directories.

Upvotes: 0

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